We are born for cooperation, as are the feet, the hands, the eyelids, and the upper and lower jaws.

People generally despise where they flatter, and cringe to those they would gladly overtop; so that truth and ceremony are two things.

If you are distressed by something, it is due to your own estimate of it; and you have the power to change it at will.

Death hangs over thee, While thou still live, while thou may, do good.

Infinity is a fathomless gulf, into which all things vanish.

Remember: Matter: how tiny your share of it. Time: how brief and fleeting your allotment of it. Fate: how small a role you play in it.

When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.