Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

While we talk hostile, time flies away.

Don't think, just do.

Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.

Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth. And set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

Faults are soon copied.

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.

Ask not what tomorrow may bring, but count as blessing every day that fate allows you.