Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
I can, therefore I am.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
It's always too early to quit.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.