He that lives alone lives in danger; society avoids many dangers.

Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even death is one of the things that Nature wills.

All things are in the act of change; thou thyself in ceaseless transformation and partial decay, and the whole universe with thee.

Does the light of the lamp shine without losing its splendour until it is extinguished; and shall the truth which is in thee and justice and temperance be extinguished before thy death?

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

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

Nature which governs the whole will soon change all things which you see, and out of their substance will make other things and again other things... in order that the world may be ever new.