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 when he had them not, he did not want them.
Marcus Aurelius records his observations on a person's balanced approach to material comforts and the gifts of fortune.
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How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
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