To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
You never know what motivates you.
Who seeks shall find.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
After a storm comes a calm.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.