Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.

Know or listen to those who know.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

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

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.