As to the animals which have no reason, and generally all things and objects, do thou, since thou hast reason and they have none, make use of them with a generous and liberal spirit.
Marcus Aurelius advises on the proper use of non-rational things and objects, emphasizing a generous and liberal spirit.
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And the things which conduce in any way to the commodity of life, and of which fortune gives an abundant supply, he used without arrogance and without excusing himself; so that when he had them, he enjoyed them without affectation, and…
But to be strong enough both to bear the one and to be sober in the other is the mark of a man who has a perfect and invincible soul, such as he showed in the illness of Maximus.
But if there is a providence which allows itself to be propitiated, make thyself worthy of the help of the divinity.
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