What you should have known but that no one taught you.

• We learn the truly important things late, when they're no longer useful to us: when you discover the trick to win the game, the game is already over.

• Love doesn't heal: it works with children and some animals, but it never works with human adults.

• Never ask a mule to gallop like a horse or a horse to carry the load like a mule.

• If you reject the advances of a married or engaged woman, or if you're at dinner with a woman and don't pay her the bill, or if you point out a mistake she's made, then prepare for their resentment.
• Women often cooperate, but often lie.

• Avoid Introverts and never mistake them for Shy.

• Avoid Envious people, as they won't just envy you but will actively ruin your successes and relationships.

• Avoid Touchy people.

• In Italy, about 5%/10% of all newborns are not the children of the person that recognize them like father.

• As you mature, tell those who deserve it to go to hell, because you may no longer have the time to do so.

• Never assume that others have the same skills as you and, above all, the same needs as you.