To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
You never know what motivates you.
Know or listen to those who know.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Opera, next to Gothic architecture, is one of the strangest inventions of Western man. It could not have been foreseen by any logical process.