Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter.

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.

Waste no more time talking about great souls and how they should be, become one yourself!

The passing minute is every man's equal possession but what has once gone by is not ours.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it.... Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

There is no man so fortunate that there shall not be by him when he is dying some who are pleased with what is going to happen.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.