Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such

A good disposition is invincible, if it be genuine.

Do not be ashamed of help.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.