Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Never complain and never explain.
Know or listen to those who know.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Well done is better than well said.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.