After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.

Think of what you have rather than of what you lack. Of the things you have, select the best and then reflect how eagerly you would have sought them if you did not have them.

Vex not thy spirit at the course of things, they heed not thy vexations

It is a shameful thing for the soul to faint while the body still perseveres.

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

Tranquility is nothing else than the good ordering of the mind.

Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so secures tranquility.