Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Only the educated are free.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Never complain and never explain.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
After a storm comes a calm.
The problem with growing up in a cafe was the cafe never closed, my parents worked every day of the year from morning to night. So it was a big menagerie of kids, business and cooking!