"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."
"It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live."
"You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say."
"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."
"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth."