"Frightened of change? But what can exist without it? What's closer to nature's heart? Can you take a hot bath and leave the firewood as it was? Eat food without transforming it? How can any action be …"

"To live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretense."

"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger."

"The universal cause is a torrent. And how trivial are all things which are done in a state which is subject to change, and in what a sphere of things which are perishing!"

"To expect that your children will never do wrong is to be a fool."