If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separated by vast distances.

When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness; and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.

Death and life, success and failure, pain and pleasure, wealth and poverty, all these happen to good and bad alike, and they are neither noble nor shameful - and hence neither good nor bad.