When men are inhuman, take care not to feel towards them as they do towards other humans.

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.

Love the little trade which thou hast learned, and be content therewith.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

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

All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.

Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.