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.

...if a man comes to his fortieth year, and has any understanding at all, he has virtually seen - thanks to their similarity - all possible happenings, both past and to come.

Live with the gods. And he does so who constantly shows them that his soul is satisfied with what is assigned to him.

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

That which has died falls not out of the universe. If it stays here, it also changes here, and is dissolved into its proper parts, which are elements of the universe and of thyself. And these too change, and they murmur not".

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

Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.