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Ten Commandments of System Administration    [ Humor ]

I. Thou shalt not break shit.
II. Thou shalt not break shit.
III. No, really, thou shalt not break shit.
IV. If thou dost break shit, thou shalt notify thy manager and fix the shit.
V. Thou shalt document thy shit.
VI. Thou shalt communicate with thy team about thy shit.
VII. Thou shalt make backups of thy shit.
VIII. Thou shalt test thy backups of thy shit.
IX. Thou shalt endeavor to keep thy workings of shit invisible to thy users.
X. Thou shalt always have a plan B when the shit hits the fan.

I generally keep a printout of this in my cubicle, but lost the original source a while ago.   It applies to network or database administration as much as system administration, but hey, I'm a sysape by trade.

And when it comes down to it, shit happens. :)