Be not disgusted, nor discouraged, nor dissatisfied, if thou dost not succeed in doing everything according to right principles; but when thou bast failed, return back again, and be content if the greater part of what thou doest is consistent with man's nature, and love this to which thou returnest

All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

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.

All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.

Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree . . . when thou canst at a moment's notice retire into thyself.