Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered.

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.

Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

Short is the little which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight.