There is a limit circumscribed to your time – if you do not use it to clear away your clouds, it will be gone, and you will be gone, and the opportunity will not return

This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.

When you are offended at anyone's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. By attending to them, you will forget your anger and learn to live wisely.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.