Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Well done is better than well said.
Only the educated are free.
Always desire to learn something useful.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Never complain and never explain.
Leap, and the net will appear.
At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.
Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.