Marcus Aurelius: “Accustom thyself to attend carefully to what is said by another, and as much as it is possible, be in the speaker's…”

The third, then, is the ruling part; consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer be either dissatisfied with thy present lot, or…

A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.

Further, I owe it to the gods that I was not hurried into any offence against any of them, though I had a disposition which, if opportunity had offered, might have led me to do something of this kind; but, through their favor, there never…

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