There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe.

If thou workest at that which is before thee ... expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

How soon will time cover all things.

The constant recollection of death is the test of human conduct.

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

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.