Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Know or listen to those who know.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
It's always too early to quit.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
You never know what motivates you.
Leap, and the net will appear.
So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.