Know or listen to those who know.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Well done is better than well said.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.