Do every act of your life as though it were the very last ac... - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."

"All things fade and quickly turn to myth."

"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking."

"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence."

"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."