Laws
Brooks' law
Adding people to a late software project makes it later.
Compensation's law
You will always be compensated for your efforts and for your contribution, whatever it is, however much or however little.
Lehman's law
An evolving system increases its complexity unless work is done to reduce it.
Lindy effect
The future life expectancy of some non-perishable things like a technology or an idea is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.
Murphy's law
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Parkinson's law
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion