To live happily is an inward power of the soul.

He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.

Limit time to the present. Meditate upon your last hour.

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.

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.

All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you.

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.