So enjoy the pleasures of the hour as not to spoil those that are to follow.

True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model.

On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the very nature of God!

The man who thinks only of his own generation is born for few.

Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

The condition of all who are preoccupied is wretched, but most wretched is the condition of those who labor at preoccupations that are not even their own, who regulate their sleep by that of another, their walk by the pace of another, who are under orders in case of the freest things in the world-loving and hating. If these wish to know how short their life is, let them reflect how small a part of it is their own.