Imagine you were now dead, or had not lived before his moment. Now view the rest of your life as a bonus.
A person's life is what their thoughts make it.
Practice really hearing what people say. Do your best to get inside their mind.
If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all - that is myself.
Pass then through this little space of time conformably to nature, and end thy journey in content, just as an olive falls off when it is ripe, blessing nature who produced it, and thanking the tree on which it grew.