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Here's a couple from Red Dwarf
Rimmer Directive #271 "No chance you metal bastard. "
Rimmer Directive "Never tangle with anything that's got more teeth than the entire Osmond family."
Some of Slovotsky's Laws (taken from Rosenberg's Guardians of Flame) There are more, but these are the ones with respect to combat. They are all pretty good, but better if read in context.
A hero's work is never done. Which is one of the minor reasons I don't recommend the profession.
It's easier to get forgiveness than to get permission.
Boldness is like a condom. If you depend on it all the time, no matter how good it is, and no matter how good you are, eventually it will break
Doing the best thing right away is much better than doing the second-best thing after much hesitation. I didn't say it's easier, mind, just better.
17: Thou shalt always cover thy ass.
...if you choose how to do it at random, you will screw it up...if you're careful about how you do it, you'll probably screw it up. Still, "probably" is better than "will."
The most important lesson in karate is running. The first thing you do in a fight, is to turn and run away. Run for at least a mile, preferably two or three. If he's still chasing you, he's probably out of breath by then. If it's still worth fighting about, you turn around and beat him up.
Just once, I'd like to have an enemy against whom nonviolence would be a workable option -- workable in the sense of me not ending up dancing on the end of a spear or cut into tiny, bite-sized pieces.
Health hint for the traveler: Don't throw rocks at guys with guns.
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