"Death, like birth, is a secret of..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”

“Truth and ceremony are two things.”

“Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.”

“You must not procrastinate. Rather, you should make preparations so that even if you did die tonight, you would have no regrets. If you develop an appreciation for the uncertainty and imminence of death, your sense of the importance of using your time wisely will get stronger and stronger.”

“A man finds himself, to his great astonishment, suddenly existing, after thousands and thousands of years of non-existence: he lives for a little while; and then, again, comes an equally long period when he must exist no more. The heart rebels against this, and feels that it cannot be true.”

“The people one loves should take all their things with them when they die.”

“Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.”

“The nature of things is in the habit of concealing itself.”

“The individual feels the futility of human desires and aims and the sublimity and marvelous order which reveal themselves both in nature and in the world of thought.”