Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.
Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.
Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with a grateful hand.
Never without a shilling in my purse.
The body, enervated by the excesses of the preceding day, weighs down and prostates the mind also.
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments.