Be not dissatisfied then that thou must live only so many years and not more; for as thou art satisfied with the amount of substance which has been assigned to thee, so be content with the time.
In his personal reflections, Marcus Aurelius encourages contentment with the allotted span of life, just as one accepts their material possessions.
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How quickly all things disappear,--in the universe the bodies themselves, but in time the remembrance of them.
Either there is a fatal necessity and invincible order, or a kind providence, or a confusion without a purpose and without a director (iv. 27).
Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquillity which others give.
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