Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Only the educated are free.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats I am only surprised that all do not.