Marcus Aurelius: “How soon will time cover all things, and how many it has covered already.”

And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!

There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.

Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.