Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing?... what do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you?... If you have anything better to be doing when you are so overtaken, get to work on that.

Everything has two handles,-one by which it may be borne; another by which it cannot.

What will the world be quite overturned when you die?

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

Don't be concerned who is watching you. The triumphs and merits of others belong to them - as do yours to you. Make the most of what you've got.

Every place is safe to him who lives with justice.

What is a good person? One who achieves tranquillity by having formed the habit of asking on every occasion, "what is the right thing to do now?"