Observe Constantly That All Things Take Place

When Forced, As It Seems, By Your Environment To Be Utterly Disquieted, Return With All Speed Into Your Self, Staying In Discord No Longer Than You Must. By Constant Recurrence To The Harmony, You Will Gain More Command Over It.

Try To Live The Life Of The Good Man Who Is More Than Content With What Is Allocated To Him.

By A Tranquil Mind I Mean Nothing Else Than A Mind Well Ordered.

How Much Time He Saves Who Does Not Look To See What His Neighbor Says Or Does Or Thinks.

Nature Has Given To Each Conscious Being Every Power She Possesses, And One Of These Abilities Is This: Just As Nature Converts And Alters Every Obstacle And Opposition, And Fits Them Into Their Predestined Place, Making Them A Part Of Herself, So Too The Rational Person Is Able To Finesse Every Obstacle Into An Opportunity, And To Use It For Whatever Purpose It May Suit.