Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible; life in a palace is possible; therefore even in a palace a right life is possible.

All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.

Put an end once and for all to this discussion of what a good person should be, and be one.

Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.

Take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.