Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

No one loses any other life than the one he now lives, nor does one live any other life than that which he will lose.

Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.

This is enough. Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?

Today I escaped all circumstance, or rather I cast out all circumstance, for it was not outside me, but within my judgements.

Every moment think steadily as a Roman and a man to do what thou hast in hand with perfect and simple dignity, and feeling of affection, and freedom, and justice; and to give thyself relief from all other thoughts. And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last, laying aside all carelessness and passionate aversion from the commands of reason, and all hypocrisy, and self-love, and discontent with the portion which has been given to thee.

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