People Generally Despise Where They Flatter, And

If You Are Pained By Any External Thing, It Is Not This Thing That Disturbs You, But Your Own Judgment About It. It Is In Your Power To Erase This Judgment About It. If Anything In Your Own Nature Gives You Pain, You Are Who Hinders You From Correcting Your Opinion.

All Things Change, And You Yourself Are Constantly Wasting Away. So Also Is The Universe.

Life Is Short. That's All There Is To Say. Get What You Can From The Present - Thoughtfully, Justly.

I Have Often Wondered How It Is That Every Man Loves Himself More Than All The Rest Of Men, But Yet Sets Less Value On His Own Opinions Of Himself Than On The Opinions Of Others.

Put An End Once And For All To This Discussion Of What A Good Person Should Be, And Be One.