Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.
No man is happy who does not think himself so.
Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.
It were well to die if there be gods, and sad to live if there be none.
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.