"It is in your power to withdraw yourself whenever you desire. Perfect tranquility is nothing more than the good ordering of the mind, the self-sufficiency which is within."

"Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the universe loves nothing so much as to change existing things and to make new things like…"

"Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood as it was? Eat food without transforming it? How can any action be …"

"The soul of man is a portion of the divine breath, and therefore it is immortal. And if it is immortal, it is not afraid of death."

"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it, as she wills everything else."