Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Wherever you are - be all there.
After a storm comes a calm.
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.