Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
It's always too early to quit.
One of my biggest pet peeves is that I just don't like it when characters do things that are funny to the writer, but you don't know why they're doing it and it doesn't make any sense.