To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.