“Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind, and from the hard service of the flesh.”

To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit to a strange land; the only lasting fame is oblivion.

How ridiculous and unrealistic is the man who is astonished at anything that happens in life.

No one can lose either the past or the future.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

Look to nothing, not even for a moment except to reason.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.

When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig.

If you are pained by external things, it is not they that disturb you, but your own judgement of them. And it is in your power to wipe out that judgement now.

Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun. If you do not, the sun will soon set, and you with it.

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.