Why Should A Man Have Any Apprehension

What Springs From Earth Dissolves To Earth Again, And Heaven-born Things Fly To Their Native Seat.

Nothing Can Come Out Of Nothing, Any More Than A Thing Can Go Back To Nothing.

He That Dies In Extreme Old Age Will Be Reduced To The Same State With Him That Is Cut Down Untimely.

The Constant Recollection Of Death Is The Test Of Human Conduct.

Men Seek Out Retreats For Themselves In The Country, By The Seaside, On The Moutains . . . But All This Is Unphilosophical To The Last Degree . . . When Thou Canst At A Moment's Notice Retire Into Thyself.