If you've got a talent, protect it.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Who seeks shall find.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Never complain and never explain.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.