Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

Pale death with an impartial foot knocks at the hovels of the poor and the palaces of king.

Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

Flames too soon acquire strength if disregarded.

There is nothing assured to mortals.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest act is durable.

Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once, and seek again that which he despised.