Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree . . . when thou canst at a moment's notice retire into thyself.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.

This is the mark of a perfect character - to pass through each day as though it were the last, without agitation, without torpor, and without pretense.

In death, Alexander of Macedon's end differed no whit from his stable-boy's. Either both were received into the same generative principle of the universe, or both alike were dispersed into atoms.