No matter what anyone says or does, my task is to be emerald, my color undiminished.
Marcus AureliusHe would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.
Marcus AureliusWithin ten days thou wilt seem a god to those to whom thou art now a beast and an ape, if thou wilt return to thy principles and the worship of reason.
Marcus Aurelius