The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Only the educated are free.
It's always too early to quit.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Know or listen to those who know.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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.