Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.
Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground.
The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.