Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

Well done is better than well said.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Never complain and never explain.

If you've got a talent, protect it.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.