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• Wizards should not go seeking revenge, killing, or death in general.
  After all, revenge, killing, and death in general have a way of showing up whether you are looking for them or not....
• Every sorcerer should explore as much of the world as he can, for travel is enlightening.
  There are certain circumstances, such as a major spell gone awry, or an influential customer enraged at the size of your fee, where travel becomes more enlightening still....
• Wizards encounter periods of crisis from time to time.
  It comes with the job, right along with the robes and the pointy hat....
• It is of tremendous importance, when a wizard enters a battle, that he should have prepared sufficient spells beforehand to meet anything that he might face during the coming fight.
  It is even more important that the wizard act bravely during the course of the fight, so that he might do credit to the names of wizards everywhere....
• A wizard must do his best not to judge any person or thing on their first appearance.
  Many a human or other intelligent creature will have hidden depths to their personalities which you will only discover as you get to know them and work with them...
• Reasoned decision is important, and there comes a time in every wizard's life when he must decide what goal he should pursue to give true meaning to his life.
  Should it be money, or travel, or fame? And what of leisure and the love of women?...
• Wizards are constantly subject to negative publicity.
  A case in point. One elderly wizard of my acquaintance, whenever he was bothered by unexpected guests, would immediately cast one of three spells upon them, either turning them to stone, transforming them into segmented worms, or blasting them entirely out of the kingdom....
• Nothing is quite so unexpected as the truth. If, for example, you find your spells inadequate to defeat the local dragon, immediately go to your employers and apologize profusely.
  They should be so taken aback by your show of humility that you will have plenty of time to hastily vacate the area, allowing the dragon to eat your employers rather than you, and thus halt any ugly rumors they might have spread about your competence....
• Some people think of wizards as nothing more than men in pointy hats who like to go around turning people into toads.
  Nothing could be farther from the truth. Perhaps wizards should come together and agree on a saying or two to better humanize their professio...