Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
After a storm comes a calm.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes.