Embellish the soul with simplicity, with prudence, and everything which is neither virtuous nor vicious. Love all men. Walk according to God; for, as a poet hath said, his laws govern all.

Remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment.

Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.

The world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty.

Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that.

I am an old man and have had many worries, but most have never come to pass.