"Everything that happens happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so"
"Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be"
"Each thing is of like form from everlasting and comes round again in its cycle"
"Do every act of your life as if it were your last"
"Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig"
"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else"
"Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature"
"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"
"Confine yourself to the present"
"Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished"
"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also"
"Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish"
"Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it"
"Be content to seem what you really are"
"Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely"
"Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time"
"Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself"
"Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers"
