The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Who seeks shall find.
Never complain and never explain.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you think you can do it, you can.
I can, therefore I am.
Well done is better than well said.
Know or listen to those who know.
This ceremony and the intellectual aura associated with the Nobel Prizes have grown from the wisdom of a practical chemist who wrote a remarkable will.