Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from 'The Princess Bride'

Sorry, folks.  Nothing about angling or degenerative diseases in this weeks contribution to universal Entropy®.  Instead, something a little lighter that's been on my To-Do list for a while. Inspired by Robert Fulghum's book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten."

Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from 'The Princess Bride'

1. Most things can be made better if you just skip to the end
2. "As you wish" means, "I love you."
3. "As you wish" also means, "I will be captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts and most likely killed in the morning."
4. Never get into a land war in Asia. It's a classic blunder.
5. A chocolate coating helps things go down easier
6. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything
7. Help people feel they are doing well
8. Never ride horseback alone
9. You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles
10. People in masks cannot be trusted
11. Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line (another classic blunder)
12. There's not a lot of money in revenge
13. It's good to have a friend on the Brute Squad
14. Get used to disappointment
15. Have fun storming the castle
16. You'll stay alive longer if you always think everything could be a trap
17. If all of your professional obstacles were "inconceivable", perhaps you'd best consider a career change, no matter how prestigious your line of work
18. Mostly dead is slightly alive
19. Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
20. When there's too much to explain, sum up.
21. Keep a thorough list of your assets handy, including newly acquired wheelbarrows and holocost cloaks.
22. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
23. When the job goes wrong, go back to the beginning
24. If you buy a miracle pill, for Pete's sake, wait the entire 15 minutes for full potency before swimming or attempting to storm the castle.
25. There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world