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

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.

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a read more

So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of read more

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.