Marcus Aurelius: “And what is it in any way to thee if these men of after time utter this or that sound, or have this or that opinion…”

Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part.

There was in him nothing harsh, nor implacable, nor violent, nor, as one may say, anything carried to the sweating point; but he examined all things severally, as if he had abundance of time, and without confusion, in an orderly way…

Enough of this wretched life and murmuring and apish tricks.

All that is from the gods is full of providence.