Marcus Aurelius: “But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.”

Depart then satisfied, for he also who releases thee is satisfied.

What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?

There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.

And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!