"To endure is the first thing that a man must learn if he is to achieve anything, or if he is to live at all."

"The soul of a man is a portion of God."

"To love only what happens, what was spun for you. What could be more appropriate?"

"Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good."

"That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees."