Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Know or listen to those who know.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

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.

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.