"Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so."

"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."

"The universe is change; life is opinion."

"Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect."

"Do not disturb yourself by picturing your entire life. Do not let your thoughts range over all the various troubles which you have met and will meet, but in every present case, ask yourself, 'What is …"