After all, what does fame everlasting mean? Mere vanity.
Man is born for deeds of kindness.
A man must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.
He who pays no attention to what his neighbor does, says or thinks, preferring to concentrate on making his own actions appropriate and justifiable, better uses his time.
All is as thinking makes it so
Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason. For such a purpose frees a man from trouble, and warfare, and all artifice and ostentatious display.