Give of what you have to strangers and to those who have need: for he who gives not to him who wants, will not receive himself when he wants. Fragment

This ordered universe, which is the same for all, was not created by any one of the gods or by man, but always was, is, and shall be, an ever-living Flame that is first kindled and then quenched in turn. [The universe bursts forth and then is reabsorbed, yet its Source is ever-living, like a Sun that never sets] and who can hide from that which never sets? [That eternal Intelligence in man] is forever beyond change; Fragments

If anger is not restrained, it is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. Day's Collacon

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known. A Tale of Two Cities