The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else.
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Where a man can live, he can also live well.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.
Let it judge that nothing is either bad or good which can happen equally to the bad man and the good. For that which happens equally to him who lives contrary to nature and to him who lives according to nature, is neither according to nature nor contrary to nature.