Prize that which is best in the universe; and this is that which useth everything and ordereth everything.

...in the ways of Nature there is no evil to be found.

From Apollonius I learned freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose; and to look to nothing else, not even for a moment, except to reason; and to be always the same, in sharp pains, on the occasion of the loss of a child, and in long illness.

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.

Discard everything except these few truths: we can live only in the present moment, in this brief now; all the rest of our life is dead and buried or shrouded in uncertainty. Short is the life we lead, and small our patch of earth.

The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.