To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
You never know what motivates you.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Only the educated are free.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.