Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.

Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.

Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.

Everything is only for a day, both that which remembers and that which is remembered. Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them. For everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.

Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself: Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?

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

Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.