To make anything a habit, do it; to not make it a habit, do not do it; to unmake a habit, do something else in place of it.

Other people's views and troubles can be contagious. Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.

It is difficulties that show what men are.

Don't be prideful with any excellence that is not your own

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.