Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.

Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.

Whoever values peace of mind and the health of the soul will live the best of all possible lives.

Why do you hunger for length of days? The point of life is to follow reason and the divine spirit and to accept whatever nature sends you. To live in this way is not to fear death, but to hold it in contempt. Death is only a thing of terror for those unable to live in the present. Pass on your way, then, with a smiling face, under the smile of him who bids you go

Let thy chief fort and place of defense be a mind free from passions. A stronger place and better fortified than this, hath no man.

Neither in writing nor in reading wilt thou be able to lay down rules for others before thou shalt have first learned to obey rules thyself.

Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.