Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

I, who have never willfully pained another, have no business to pain myself.

From Alexander the Platonic, not frequently nor without necessity to say to any one, or to write in a letter, that I have no leisure; nor continually to excuse the neglect of duties required by our relation to those with whom we live, by alleging urgent occupations.

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to flow from himself into our bodies. And if you can act the same way, you will rid yourself of all suffering. For surely if you are not preoccupied with the body that encloses you, you will not trouble yourself about clothes, houses, fame, and other showy trappings.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.