Try how the life of the good man suits thee, the life of him who is satisfied with his portion out of the whole, and satisfied with his own just acts and benevolent disposition.
Marcus Aurelius encourages the reader to emulate the life of a virtuous individual who finds contentment in their circumstances and actions.
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That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by providence.
It is thy duty to leave another man's wrongful act there where it is (vii. 29; ix. 38).
Labor not unwillingly, nor without regard to the common interest, nor without due consideration, nor with distraction; nor let studied ornament set off thy thoughts, and be not either a man of many words, or busy about too many things.
Do not then consider life a thing of any value. + For look to the immensity of time behind thee, and to the time which is before thee, another boundless space.
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