Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Know or listen to those who know.
You never know what motivates you.
You all know that each title in the Chronicles has a chess theme that's partly because of the overall design of the Chronicles themselves - the game of chess as an analogue of the game of life.