Life is short. That's all there is to say. Get what you can from the present - thoughtfully, justly.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.

The memory of everything is very soon overwhelmed in time.

In one way an arrow moves, in another way the mind. The mind indeed, both when it exercises caution and when it is employed about inquiry, moves straight onward not the less, and to its object.

All that is harmony for you, my Universe, is in harmony with me as well. Nothing that comes at the right time for you is too early or too late for me. Everything is fruit to me that your seasons bring, Nature. All things come of you, have their being in you, and return to you.

Remind oneself continually of one of those who practiced virtue in days gone by.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.