Only the educated are free.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
I can, therefore I am.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer.