Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Never complain and never explain.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Know or listen to those who know.
I can, therefore I am.
A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense.
No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern.