Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

When you find an unwillingness to rise early in the morning, endeavor to rouse your faculties, and act up to your kind, and consider that you have to do the business of a man; and that action is both beneficial and the end of your being.

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood as it was? Eat food without transforming it? Can any vital process take place without something being changed? Can't you see? It's just the same with you - and just as vital to nature.

The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.