It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

All things from eternity are of like forms and come round in circle.

Know the joy of life by piling good deed on good deed until no rift or cranny appears between them.

Remember this - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.

Consider in what condition both in body and soul a man should be when he is overtaken by death; and consider the shortness of life, the boundless abyss of time past and future, the feebleness of all matter.

While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'