Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

The wise does at once what the fool does at last.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.