After a storm comes a calm.
Always desire to learn something useful.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
You never know what motivates you.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Never complain and never explain.
Wherever you are - be all there.
So the thing I realized rather gradually - I must say starting about 20 years ago now that we know about computers and things - there's a possibility of a more general basis for rules to describe nature.