All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them.
To breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
We are the other of the other.
Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be.
In an expression of true gratitude, sadness is conspicuous only by its absence.
Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
All things fade and quickly turn to myth.
Life is short. That’s all there is to say. Get what you can from the present – thoughtfully, justly.
Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.
Think of the universal substance, of which thou has a very small portion; and of universal time, of which a short and indivisible interval has been assigned to thee; and of that which is fixed by destiny, and how small a part of it thou art.
For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
Not to waste time on nonsense. Not to be taken in by conjurors and hoodoo artists with their talk about incantations and exorcism and all the rest of it. Not to be obsessed with quail-fighting or other crazes like that.
When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man’s life.
Do not be ashamed of help.
The whole contains nothing that is not for its advantage. By remembering that I am part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune’ but ‘To bear this worthily is good fortune.’
Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers.
Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature.
As far as you can, get into the habit of asking yourself in relation to any action taken by another: “What is his point of reference here?” But begin with yourself: examine yourself first.
The most complete revenge is not to imitate the aggressor.