At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."

Nature has given to each conscious being every power she possesses, and one of these abilities is this: just as Nature converts and alters every obstacle and opposition, and fits them into their predestined place, making them a part of herself, so too the rational person is able to finesse every obstacle into an opportunity, and to use it for whatever purpose it may suit.

Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.

How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.

Life is a campaign, a brief staying in a strange region.

Let goodness go with the doing.