Marcus Aurelius: “Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong was done (viii. 29).”

Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice.

Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed; but as if thou wast now dying, despise the flesh; it is blood and bones and network, a contexture of nerves, veins, and arteries.

How ridiculous and what a stranger he is who is surprised at anything which happens in life.

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason.