It is a sin to persue pleasure as a good and to avoid pain as a evil.

The stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.

Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.

...the sole thing of which any man can be deprived is the present; since this is all he owns, and nobody can lose what is not his.

Look within, for within is the wellspring of virtue, which will not cease flowing, if you cease not from digging.

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.

Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.