"Consider the life of a man of forty, and the life of a man of ten thousand years; what difference is there? For both the past is gone, and the future is uncertain."

"The universe is a stream of things, a river of events. Some things are born, others die. Some things are in motion, others at rest. Some things are changing, others are constant. Some things are good,…"

"If you are able, correct by teaching; if not, by tolerating."

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

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."