Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.

Always bear this in mind, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.

Once you have done a man a service, what more reward would you have? Is it not enough to have obeyed the laws of your own nature, without expecting to be paid for it?

You are a little soul bearing about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.