141-----People are people
　　
　　Their human nature is predictable. They respond to stimulus¹ and incentives².
　　
　　142-----Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer
　　
　　A man without enemy is a man without quality. Think not? Even Jesus Christ had many, many enemies.
　　
　　143-----Better late than never
　　
　　Though being on time is better than being late, doing something late is better than giving up or doing nothing.
　　
　　144-----Punish one, teach a hundred
　　
　　People problems sometimes must be dealt with harshly. When you make an example of someone, make sure that everyone knows what the lesson is.
　　
　　145-----Attitude is everything
　　
　　A pessimist³ sees a glass half-empty, An optimist⁴ sees it half-full.
　　
　　146-----Like father, like son
　　
　　A son will be like his father. This may be quoted whenever the son has done something that reminds people of the father. Whether it is good or bad.
　　
　　147-----When the cat's away the mice will play
　　
　　People will take advantage of a situation if they can. Employees will get lazy if the supervisor⁵ is not keeping an eye on them. A teenage son or daughter might hold a wild party at home during a weekend when the parents have gone out of town.
　　
　　148-----Praise when praise is due (sometimes even when it isn't)
　　
　　Do not criticise⁶ beyond necessity and seldom in public. And always precede criticism with a few words of praise.
　　
　　149-----Turnabout is fair play
　　
　　If a person is taking advantage of someone else, the situation may change. The one on top may end up on the bottom. Then the one who has turned the tables will say, "I am only doing to you what you did to me.
　　
　　150-----Here today, gone tomorrow
　　
　　Things may change quickly. This is said as a criticism of a person who changes quickly for no good reason. It may also be said of a thing or situation which does not last. Change is not good when it indicates unreliability.