-Whatever may happen to you, it was prepared for you from all eternity; and the implication of causes was from eternity spinning the thread of your being and that which is incident to it.
-Nothing is injurious to the part if it is for the advantage of the whole.
-What need is there of suspicious fear, since it is in your power to inquire what ought to be done? And if you see clearly, go by this way content, without turning back; but if you do not see clearly, stop and take the best advisers.
-If any other things oppose you, go on according to your powers with due consideration, keeping to that which appears to be just. For it is best to reach this object, and if you fail, let your failure be in attempting this. He who follows reason in all things is both tranquil and active at the same time, and also cheerful and collected.
-You have but a short time left to live. Live as on a mountain.
-No longer talk, but be.
-Let this always be plain to you, that this piece of land is like any other; and that all things here are the same as things on the top of a mountain, or on the seashore, or wherever you choose to be. For you will find just what Plato says: 'Dwelling within the walls of a city as in a shepherd'd fold on a mountain', and milking flocks.
-When you are offended at any man's fault, immediately turn to yourself and reflect in what manner you yourself have erred.
-To him who is penetrated by true principles, any common precept, even the briefest, is sufficient to remind him that he should be free from grief and fear.
-A brief existence is common to all things and yet, you avoid and pursue all things as if they would be eternal.
-The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say: 'I wish for green things'; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.
-In contemplating yourself, never include the vessel that surrounds you and these organs that are attached to it.
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