Marcus Aurelius — "It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to li…"

"Consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves, at which we are angry and vexed."

"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."

"He who is in a hurry to do a thing, though he may do it well, yet he does it not well, for he has not given himself time to do it well."

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

"Nothing has more power to broaden the mind than the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life."