Only the educated are free.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
If you think you can do it, you can.
It's always too early to quit.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.