Marcus Aurelius: “Whatever man thou meetest with, immediately say to thyself: What opinions has this man about good and bad?”

He took a reasonable care of his body's health, not as one who was greatly attached to life, nor out of regard to personal appearance, nor yet in a careless way, but so that through his own attention he very seldom stood in need of the…

He was also easy in conversation, and he made himself agreeable without any offensive affectation.

All that is from the gods is full of providence.

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