“ Everyman's life lies within the present for the past is spent and done with and the future is uncertain. Marcus Aurelius
“ Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. Marcus Aurelius
“ How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. Marcus Aurelius
“ Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. Marcus Aurelius
“ When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. Marcus Aurelius
“ Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new thing… Marcus Aurelius
“ I often marvel how it is that though each man loves himself beyond all else he should yet value his own opinion of himself less than that of others. Marcus Aurelius
“ Vex not thy spirit at the course of things they heed not thy vexation. How ludicrous and outlandish is astonishment at anything that may happen in life. Marcus Aurelius