Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Know or listen to those who know.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Leap, and the net will appear.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created.