Nunc fluens facit tempus,nunc stans facit aeternitatum.(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)

Contemplate the extent and stability of the heavens, and then at last cease to admire worthless things.

As far as possible, join faith to reason.

Nunc fluens facit tempus,nunc stans facit aeternitatum.(The now that passes produces time, the now that remains produces eternity.)

All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.

In omni adversitate fortunæ, infelicissimum genus est infortunii fuisse felicem In every adversity of fortune, to have been happy is the most unhappy kind of misfortune.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.