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

Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.

Stop talking about what the good man is like, and just be one.

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.

Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered. Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them. For everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.