Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Always desire to learn something useful.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.