"When another blames you or hates you, or people voice similar criticisms, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You will realize that there is no need to be racked with anxiety that they should hold any particular opinion about you."
"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."
"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ..."
"All things fade and quickly turn to myth."
"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."
"Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence."