Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

He who does wrong does wrong against himself. He who acts unjustly acts unjustly to himself, because he makes himself bad.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.