And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.

At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."

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

The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

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

All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.