Marcus Aurelius

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

How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.

How much more grevious are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. -Marcus Aurelius.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you read more

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under read more

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