Marcus Aurelius: “He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation.”

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.

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

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