Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
After a storm comes a calm.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Hateful is the power, and pitiable is the life, of those who wish to be feared rather than loved.