Let the part of thy soul which leads and governs be undisturbed by the movements in the flesh, whether of pleasure or of pain; and let it not unite with them, but let it circumscribe itself and limit those affects to their parts.
Marcus Aurelius instructs the governing part of the soul to remain separate and undisturbed by physical pleasures or pains.
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That which is from fortune is not separated from nature or without an interweaving and involution with the things which are ordered by providence.
With respect to that which happens conformably to nature, we ought to blame neither gods, for they do nothing wrong either voluntarily or involuntarily, nor men, for they do nothing wrong except involuntarily.
What a power man has to do nothing except what God will approve, and to accept all that God may give him.
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