Whatever anyone does or says, I must be emerald and keep my colour.

Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.

The lot assigned to every man is suited to him, and suits him to itself.

The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

The universal nature out of the universal substance, as if it were wax, now molds a horse, and when it has broken this up, it uses the material for a tree, then for a man, then for something else.