By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Never complain and never explain.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Know or listen to those who know.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.