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

There is but one thing of real value - to cultivate truth and justice, and to live without anger in the midst of lying and unjust men.

Severally on the occasion of everything that thou doest, pause and ask thyself, if death is a dreadful thing because it deprives thee of this.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee.

When you have done a good deed that another has had the benefit of, why do you need a third reward-as fools do-praise for having done well or looking for a favor in return.