Observe constantly that all things take place by change.

To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead - and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.

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

God sees the inner spirit stripped of flesh, skin, and all debris. For his own mind only touches the spirit that he has allowed to flow from himself into our bodies. And if you can act the same way, you will rid yourself of all suffering. For surely if you are not preoccupied with the body that encloses you, you will not trouble yourself about clothes, houses, fame, and other showy trappings.

Suppose that men kill thee, cut thee in pieces, curse thee, what can these things do to prevent thy mind from remaining pure, wise, sober, just?

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Consider how many do not even know your name, and how many will soon forget it, and how those who now praise you will presently blame you.