Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.

They know not how many things are signified by the words stealing, sowing, buying, keeping quiet, seeing what ought to be done; for this is not effected by the eyes, but by another kind of vision.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.

Which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those things which many are too weak to abstain from, and cannot enjoy without excess. But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul.

In the morning, when you are sluggish about getting up, let this thought be present: 'I am rising to a man's work.'

Everything that happens, happens as it should.