1. Trust no-one and nothing, confirm everything
2. Consistency above correctness
3. Always play to your audience
4. Be careful what you wish for - you just might get it
5. Greed will get you caught
6. Its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission
7. Say what you mean and mean what you say
8. Misery loves company
9. If you want something done right, do it yourself
10. If it can go wrong .... it will (borrowed law from Mr Murphy)
11. Good - Fast - Cheap : you can only pick two (aka Mitchell's Law)
12. Whatever it was, it wasnt me

Note : my rules cant be used against me