Whatever may happen to thee, it was prepared for thee from all eternity.

Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one you have, and there will be no other life after it. So the longest and the shortest lives are the same. The present moment is shared by all living creatures, but the time that is past is gone forever. No one can lose the past or the future, for if they don't belong to you, how can they be taken from you?

Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily

It is man's peculiar duty to love even those who wrong him.

Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Give your heart to the trade you have learnt, and draw refreshment from it. Let the rest of your days be spent as one who has whole-heartedly committed his all to the gods and is thenceforth no man's master or slave.

If the gods care not for me and for my children, There is a reason for it.