For it is no way right to be offended with men, but it is thy duty to care for them and to bear with them gently; and yet to remember that thy departure will not be from men who have the same principles as thyself.
From his personal reflections, discussing the duty to humanity despite differing principles.
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But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings.
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
But it is inconsistent with honoring reason and God to be troubled because by death a man will be deprived of the other things.
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