The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Well done is better than well said.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Never complain and never explain.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.