To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
After a storm comes a calm.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Always desire to learn something useful.
You know, 'The Golden Girls' was a very unusual show to start on. I was young, and it was a show about old people, and it was a very traditional show, but it was also an amazing training ground for a joke-writer. It forced me to learn those skills.