This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

How can a man find a sensible way to live? One way and one only- Philosophy. And my philosophy means keeping that vital spark within you free from damage and degradation, using it to transcend pain and pleasure, doing everything with a purpose, avoiding lies and hypocrisy, not relying on another person's actions or failings. To accept everything that comes, and everything that is given, as coming from that same spiritual source.

All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish?

Take the shortest route. The one that nature planned - to speak and act in the healthiest way. Do that, and be free of pain and stress, free of all calculations and pretension.

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.