Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Only the educated are free.
It's always too early to quit.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
After a storm comes a calm.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
I can, therefore I am.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Moby Dick - that book is so amazing. I just realized that it starts with two characters meeting in bed that's how my book begins, too, but I hadn't noticed the parallel before, two characters forced to share a bed, reluctantly.