Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.

As for others whose lives are not so ordered, he reminds himself constantly of the characters they exhibit daily and nightly at home and abroad, and of the sort of society they frequent; and the approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.

No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.