Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.

To make a commencement requires a mental effort.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

To forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.

He who would arrive at the appointed end must follow a single road and not wander through many ways.