And if you can’t make your life as you’d wish it,
try, at the very least, to accomplish this much:
do not make it less than what it already is
by mixing too excessively with the masses,
by hanging around and endlessly chattering.

Don’t cheapen your life by parading it around,
hauling it everywhere and laying it out there
for the dreary humbug of familiars and fellowship,
until it comes to feel like a curious dead weight.

Don’t wag the tail of life if it goes well,

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin!

لا تبن آمالك في الحياة على موت إنسان

היום אתה חש מרומם. אל תתן לימות האתמול והמחר להשפיל את רוחך

Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.

وإن لم تستطع تشكيل حياتك كما تريد
فحاول -على الأقل- بقدر ما تستطيع
ألا تبتذلها
بالاحتكاك الزائد بالعالم
بالحركة والكلام الزائد
حاول ألا تبتذلها بجرجرتها هنا وهناك
بالطواف بها وتعريضها -كثيرًا- للسخافة اليومية
للأحداث والحفلات الاجتماعية
إلى أن تُصبح مثل عبٍ مُضجر

Don’t save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.

Do not do more today than you can completely recover from today. Do not do more this week than you can completely recover from this week.

Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.