Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live; death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good.

Whatever may happen to you was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being.

Leave the wrong done by another where the wrong arose.

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.

Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.