"The duration of a man's life is but a point; the substance of it ever flowing, the sense obscure, the course of the body headlong, the soul fickle, fortune uncertain, and fame doubtful."

"To live each day as if it were thy last, without haste, without sloth, without hypocrisy."

"Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness – all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is g…"

"The universe is transformation; life is opinion."

"A cucumber is bitter. Throw it away. There are briars in the road. Turn aside from them. This is enough. Do not add, 'And why were such things made?'"