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

Alexander the Great and his mule driver both died and the same thing happened to both.

Let every action aim solely at the common good.

In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

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.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.