The dog that trots about finds a bone.
After a storm comes a calm.
Never complain and never explain.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female.