Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

Within ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason.

Love the people with whom fate brings you together

Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.

Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.