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

Be satisfied with your business, and learn to love what you were bred to.

A man's true delight is to do the things he was made for.

The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.

Take full account of what Excellencies you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not.

It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities .

Or is it your reputation that's bothering you? But look at how soon we're all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of those applauding hands. The people who praise us; how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region it takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.