...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.
No longer talk at all about the kind of man that a good man ought to be, but be such
Life is a warfare and a stranger's sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.
Thou art a little soul bearing about a corpse.
Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.
Things that have a common quality ever quickly seek their kind.