Marcus Aurelius: “All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them…”

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…

What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him.

In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present,--I am rising to the work of a human being.

All that is from the gods is full of providence.