Never complain and never explain.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
You never know what motivates you.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Well done is better than well said.
Another nice thing was that I would type out letters home for the admiral's stewards. They would then feed me the same food the admiral ate.