The time is at hand when you will have forgotten everything; and the time is at hand when all will have forgotten you. Always reflect that soon you will be no one, and nowhere.

A rational nature admits of nothing but what is serviceable to the rest of mankind.

Everything is but what we think it.

It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinions than our own.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.

He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation. But if thou shalt have no sensation, neither wilt thou feel any harm; and if thou shalt acquire another kind of sensation, thou wilt be a different kind of living being and thou wilt not cease to live.