The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
Marcus AureliusThe stone that is thrown into the air is none the worse for falling down, and none the better for going up.
Marcus AureliusIn the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness in action, speech that cannot deceive, and a disposition glad of whatever comes, welcoming it as necessary, as familiar, as flowing from the same source and fountain as yourself.
Marcus Aurelius