Marcus Aurelius: “Reverence that which is best in the universe; and this is that which makes use of all things and directs all things.”

Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the soundest reason.

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.

From thence all things flow; and there is besides necessity, and that which is for the advantage of the whole universe, of which thou art a part.

For he who yields to pain and he who yields to anger, both are wounded and both submit.