Know or listen to those who know.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
After a storm comes a calm.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.