Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.
Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes
Consider frequently the connection of all things in the universe and their relation to one another. For things are somehow implicated with one another, and all in a way friendly to one another.
Look deeply. Don't miss the inherent quality and value of everything.
The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it
Can we wonder that men perish and are forgotten, when their noblest and most enduring works decay? Death comes even to monumental structures, and oblivion rests on the most illustrious names.