If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil.

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a prey of worms, his soul an unquiet eddy, his fortune dark, his fame doubtful. In short, all that is body is as coursing waters, all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?