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

Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

People exist for one another.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.