To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
You never know what motivates you.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Never complain and never explain.
Know or listen to those who know.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Seeing that our thirst was increasing and the water was killing us, while the storm did not abate, we agreed to trust to God, Our Lord, and rather risk the perils of the sea than wait there for certain death from thirst.