You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.

Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle.

He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

The act of dying is one of the acts of life.

Where a man can live, he can also live well.