Meditations

For nothing can so much rejoice thee, as the resemblances and parallels of several virtues, eminent in the dispositions of them that live with thee.

In all things to endeavour to have power of myself, and in nothing to be carried about.

That all is vanity.

This world is mere change, and this life, opinion.

Let opinion be taken away, and no man will think himself wronged.

All these things, which now thou seest, shall within a very little while be changed, and be no more: ... remember this, that within a very little while, both thou and he shall both be dead.

Whatsoever doth happen in the world, doth happen justly.

To suffer change can be no hurt; as no benefit it is, by change to attain to being.

Consider how many different things, whether they concern our bodies, or our souls, in a moment of time come to pass in every one of us.

to observe a constant tenor, (not interrupted, with any other cares and distractions,) in the study and esteem of philosophy: to be bountiful and liberal in the largest measure; always to hope the best; and to be confident that my friends love me.