A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.

Remember that there is a God who desires neither praise nor glory from men created in his image, but rather that they, guided by the understanding given them, should in their actions become like unto him.

Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one you have, and there will be no other life after it. So the longest and the shortest lives are the same. The present moment is shared by all living creatures, but the time that is past is gone forever. No one can lose the past or the future, for if they don't belong to you, how can they be taken from you?

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

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.