Marcus Aurelius: “Always run to the short way; and the short way is the natural: accordingly say and do everything in conformity with the…”

For every judgment and movement and desire and aversion is within, and no evil ascends so high.

It is the same whether we examine these things for a hundred years or three.

He took a reasonable care of his body's health, not as one who was greatly attached to life, nor out of regard to personal appearance, nor yet in a careless way, but so that through his own attention he very seldom stood in need of the…

He was also easy in conversation, and he made himself agreeable without any offensive affectation.