GM "Compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today."

GM My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon. 蔵焼けて 障るものなき 月見かな ーMizuta Masahide （水田正秀，1657-1723）， samurai and poet

GM "Personally, I say that virtue is more valuable than wealth to the same degree that eyes are more valuable than fingernails." - Epictetus