Maxioms by Marcus Aurelius
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
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by read more
A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
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.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
