By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Only the educated are free.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Never complain and never explain.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
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.