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

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…

Further, he was not fond of change nor unsteady, but he loved to stay in the same places, and to employ himself about the same things; and after his paroxysms of headache he came immediately fresh and vigorous to his usual occupations.

It is thy duty to leave another man's wrongful act there where it is (vii. 29; ix. 38).

All these things happen to them by reason of their ignorance of what is good and evil.