Marcus Aurelius: “How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in…”

A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and…

Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquillity which others give.

What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him.