Marcus Aurelius — "How many things are there of which I have gained a knowledge, not by the help of…"

"That which is not good for the beehive cannot be good for the bees."

"The soul of man does violence to itself, first of all, when it becomes an abscess and, as it were, a tumour on the universe, so far as it can."

"What is evil? It is that which you have often seen. And on all occasions, when thou art vexed at anything, remember that it is nothing else than that which thou hast often seen. And generally thou wil…"

"The present is the only thing of which a man can be deprived, if it is true that this is the only thing which he possesses, and that a man cannot lose a thing if he has it not."

"To expect that your friends will not be false is foolish."