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Always borrow money from a pessimist.
He won’t expect it back.
I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, “I’m going to mop the floor with your face.” I said, “You’ll be sorry.” He said, “Oh, yeah? Why?” I said, “Well, you won’t be able to get into the corners very well.”
If you can stay calm while all around you is chaos, then you probably haven’t completely understood the situation.