Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee.

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

Truth and ceremony are two things.