Marcus Aurelius

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

For all their compliments do verses pay? They mayn't, yet these same poems make me gay

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act read more

Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and read more

Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers