All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
Nothing befalls a man except what is in his nature to endure.
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
A man should be upright, not kept upright.
Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.
Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.