Marcus Aurelius: “Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee.”

The third, then, is the ruling part; consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer be either dissatisfied with thy present lot, or…

Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks.

Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice.

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason.