In such darkness then and dirt, and in so constant a flux both of substance and of time, and of motion and of things moved, what there is worth being highly prized, or even an object of serious pursuit, I cannot imagine.
In his private meditations, Marcus Aurelius expresses profound skepticism about the value of worldly pursuits amidst constant change and decay.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?
But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.
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