The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.

Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily

In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of breath; fortune a thing inscrutable, and fame precarious.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about. If it is good to say or do something, then it is even better to be criticized for having said or done it.

As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.