Get rid of the judgement ... get rid of the 'I am hurt,' you are rid of the hurt itself.

Don't let your imagination be crushed by life as a whole.

Men seek out retreats for themselves in the country, by the seaside, on the moutains . . . But all this is unphilosophical to the last degree . . . when thou canst at a moment's notice retire into thyself.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Search men's governing principles, and consider the wise, what they shun and what they cleave to.

Thou sufferest justly: for thou choosest rather to become good to-morrow than to be good to-day.

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