Quotes

How quickly we come from nothing and go into nothing.

Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.

When evils are foreseen, they can be quickly remedied; but when, through not having been foreseen, they have been permitted to grow in a way that everyone can see them, there is no longer a remedy.

We let our pleasant days slip by unnoticed; only when bad days come do we wish the others back.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

Truth can wait, for it has a long life before it.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

Let every act, word and thought of yours be such as if you might depart from life this very moment.

Consider not only that life is daily wasting away and less of it is left, but also that it is uncertain whether the understanding will remain strong enough to comprehend things.

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good.

Neither the future nor the past pains you, but only the present.