To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Know or listen to those who know.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Well done is better than well said.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats I am only surprised that all do not.