Marcus Aurelius: “Always bear this in mind; and another thing too, that very little indeed is necessary for living a happy life.”

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…

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

I observed, too, that no man could ever think that he was despised by Maximus, or ever venture to think himself a better man.

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.