Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.

God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to flow from himself into our bodies. And if you can act the same way, you will rid yourself of all suffering. For surely if you are not preoccupied with the body that encloses you, you will not trouble yourself about clothes, houses, fame, and other showy trappings.

Do not be ashamed of help.

Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.