Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

“ VI. Let this be thy only joy, and thy only comfort, from one sociable VII. The rational commanding part, as it alone can stir up and turn VIII. According to the nature of the universe all things particular are IX. Whensoever by some present hard occurrences thou art constrained to X. If it were that thou hadst at one time both a stepmother, and XI. How marvellous useful it is for a man to represent unto himself XII. See what Crates pronounceth concerning Xenocrates himself. ”

“ Nothing LIV. What manner of men they be whom they seek to please, and what to THE SEVENTH BOOK I. What is wickedness? It is that which many time and often thou hast II. What fear is there that thy dogmata, or philosophical resolutions III. That which most men would think themselves most happy for, and IV. Word after word, every one by itself, must the things that are V. Is my reason, and understanding sufficient for this, or no? If it be VI. Let not things future trouble thee. ”

“ XXI. That is best for every one, that the common nature of all doth send XXII. The earth, saith the poet, doth often long after the rain. So is XXIII. Either thou dost Continue in this kind of life and that is it, XXIV Let it always appear and be manifest unto thee that solitariness, XXV. He that runs away from his master is a fugitive. But the law is XXVI. From man is the seed, that once cast into the womb man hath no XXVII. Ever to mind and consider with thyself ”

“ He liveth with the Gods, who at all times XXII. Be not angry neither with him whose breath, neither with him whose XXIII. 'Where there shall neither roarer be, nor harlot.' Why so? As XXIV. That rational essence by which the universe is governed, is for XXV. How hast thou carried thyself hitherto towards the Gods? ”

“ Betimes in the morning XVI. Whatsoever I am, is either flesh, or life, or that which we XVII. Whatsoever proceeds from the gods immediately, that any man will THE SECOND BOOK I. Remember how long thou hast already put off these things, and how II. Let it be thy earnest and incessant care as a Roman and a man to III. Do, soul, do ”

“ And what is a ball the better, if XX. That which must be the subject of thy consideration, is either the XXI. Most justly have these things happened unto thee: why dost not XXII. Shall I do it? I will; so the end of my action be to do good unto XXIII. By one action judge of the rest: this bathing which usually takes XXIV. Lucilla buried Verus; then was Lucilla herself buried by others. XXV. The true joy of a man, is to do that which properly belongs unto a XXVI. If pain be an evil, either it is in regard of the body ”

“ X. As several members in one body united, so are reasonable creatures XI. Of things that are external, happen what will to that which can XII. Whatsoever any man either doth or saith, thou must be good ”

“ VIII. Whatsoever doth happen in the world, doth happen justly, and so if IX. Conceit no such things, as he that wrongeth thee conceiveth, X. These two rules, thou must have always in a readiness. First, do XI. Hast thou reason? ”

“ And indeed it is diffused but LV. He that feareth death, either feareth that he shall have no sense at LVI. All men are made one for another: either then teach them better, or LVII. The motion of the mind is not as the motion of a dart. ”

“ Earthly things, transitory nature of, ii. 12, 17; iv. 32, 33, 35, 48; v. 23; vi. 15, 36; vii. 21, 34; viii. 21, 25; x. 18, 31; xii. 27.
Earthly things, worthlessness of, ii. 12; v. 10, 33; vi. 15; vii. 3; ix. 24, 36; xi. 2; xii. 27.
Equanimity, x. 8.
Example, we should not follow bad, vi. 6; vii. 65.
Existence, meanness of, viii. 24.
Existence, the object of, v. 1; viii. 19.
External things cannot really harm a man, or affect the soul, ii. 11 (l. 22) ; iv. 3 (par. 2, sub f.) ; 8, 39, 49 (par. 2) ; v. 35; vii. 64; viii. 1 (sub f.) ; 32, 51 (par. 2) ; ix. 31; x. 33. ”