Then turn to the morals of those who live with thee, and it is hardly possible to endure even the most agreeable of them, to say nothing of a man being hardly able to endure himself.
In his personal reflections, Marcus Aurelius observes the inherent difficulties in enduring the morals of others and even oneself.
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There is one light of the sun, though it is interrupted by walls, mountains, and other things infinite.
But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.
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.
How small a part of the boundless and unfathomable time is assigned to every man, for it is very soon swallowed up in the eternal!
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