Let no act be done without purpose.

Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names.

Regain your senses, call yourself back, and once again wake up. Now that you realize that only dreams were troubling you, view this 'reality' as you view your dreams.

A man should remove not only unnecessary acts, but also unnecessary thoughts, for then superfluous activity will not follow.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.

Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.