How soon will time cover all things.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Do not act as if you had a thousand years to live.

As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.

Ambition means tying your well-being to what other people say or do. Self-indulgence means tying it to the things that happen to you. Sanity means tying it to your own actions.

It is possible to depart from life at this moment. Have this thought in mind whenever you act, speak, or think.