Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Only the educated are free.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Always desire to learn something useful.
I can, therefore I am.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
I learned easily and had time to follow my inclination for sports (light athletics and skiing) and chemistry, which I taught myself by reading all textbooks I could get.