Each of us needs what nature gives us, when nature gives us.

I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed.

Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence

The wrongdoer is often the person who left something undone, rather than the person who has done something

Why do you hunger for length of days? The point of life is to follow reason and the divine spirit and to accept whatever nature sends you. To live in this way is not to fear death, but to hold it in contempt. Death is only a thing of terror for those unable to live in the present. Pass on your way, then, with a smiling face, under the smile of him who bids you go