Marcus Aurelius: “By remembering, then, that I am a part of such a whole, I shall be content with everything that happens.”

There was in him nothing harsh, nor implacable, nor violent, nor, as one may say, anything carried to the sweating point; but he examined all things severally, as if he had abundance of time, and without confusion, in an orderly way…

It is thy duty to leave another man's wrongful act there where it is (vii. 29; ix. 38).

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…

Thou must turn to profit the present by the aid of reason and justice.