Marcus Aurelius: “Say nothing more to thyself than what the first appearances report.”

And how small a part of the whole substance; and how small a part of the universal soul; and on what a small clod of the whole earth thou creepest!

But intellect in a peculiar manner tends to that which is of the same kin, and combines with it, and the feeling for communion is not interrupted.

There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.

There is one intelligent soul, though it seems to be divided.