Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a prey of worms, his soul an unquiet eddy, his fortune dark, his fame doubtful. In short, all that is body is as coursing waters, all that is of the soul as dreams and vapors.

The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.

A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something.

If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

If you separate from . . . everything you have done in the past, everything that disturbs you about the future . . . and apply yourself to living the life that you are living-that is to say, the present-you can live all the time that remains to you until your death in calm, benevolence, and serenity.

Purge your mind of all aimless and idle thoughts, especially those that pry into the affairs of others or wish them ill.