Dig inside. Inside is the fountain of good, and it will forever flow, if you will forever dig.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

So much worse are the consequences of anger than its causes.

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding.

All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you.

He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.

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