Live each day as if it be your last.

As for literature, thefts cannot harm it, while the lapse of ages augments its value

And yet, after all, what is posthumous fame? Altogether vanity.

The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same thing.

To no man make yourself a boon companion: Your joy will be less but less will be your grief

Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.