The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

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.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

Do not fear death, but welcome it, since it too comes from nature. For just as we are young and grow old, and flourish and reach maturity, have teeth and a beard and grey hairs, conceive, become pregnant, and bring forth new life, and all the other natural processes that follow the seasons of our existence, so also do we have death. A thoughtful person will never take death lightly, impatiently, or scornfully, but will wait for it as one of life's natural processes.

A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.

You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.