You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?

Don't stumble over something behind you.

That which takes effect by chance is not an art.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.

There's no delight in owning anything unshared.

Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?

That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.