Look at everything that exists, and observe that it is already in dissolution and in change, and as it were putrefaction or dispersion, or that everything is so constituted by nature as to die.

All things fade and quickly turn to myth.

He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.

It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility within consists in the good ordering of the mind, the realm of your own.

Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.

In the same degree in which a man's mind is nearer to freedom from all passion, in the same degree also is it nearer to strength.

Just as nature takes every obstacle, every impediment, and works around it--turns it to its purposes, incorporates it into itself, so, too, a rational being can turn each setback into raw material and use it to achieve its goal.