A lucky chance is constant in nothing but inconstancy.

Blot out vain pomp; check impulse; quench appetite; keep reason under its own control.

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love ... then make that day count!

All things change, and you yourself are constantly wasting away. So also is the universe.

Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.

It is within our power not to make a judgement about something, and so not disturb our minds; for nothing in itself possesses the power to form our judgements.