To No Man Make Yourself A Boon

For Any Particular Thing, Ask: What Is It In Itself? What Is Its Nature?

When Pain Is Unbearable It Destroys Us; When It Does Not It Is Bearable.

If You Separate From . . . Everything You Have Done In The Past, Everything That Disturbs You About The Future . . . And Apply Yourself To Living The Life That You Are Living-that Is To Say, The Present-you Can Live All The Time That Remains To You Until Your Death In Calm, Benevolence, And Serenity.

Think Of What You Have Rather Than Of What You Lack. Of The Things You Have, Select The Best And Then Reflect How Eagerly You Would Have Sought Them If You Did Not Have Them.

What Springs From Earth Dissolves To Earth Again, And Heaven-born Things Fly To Their Native Seat.