Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Always desire to learn something useful.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Only the educated are free.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz. I've seen people try to connect it to other countries, for instance to Africa, but it doesn't have a damn thing to do with Africa.