Let goodness go with the doing.

Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker.

A man should be upright, not kept upright.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.

A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.

I'm going to be meeting with people today who talk too much - people who are selfish, egotistical, ungrateful. But I won't be surprised or disturbed, for I can't imagine a world without such people.