Remember this,–that

“Remember that what pulls the strings is the force hidden within; there lies the power to persuade, there the life,–there, if one must speak out, the real man.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“A wrong-doer is often a man that has left something undone, not always he that has done something.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two.”     Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

“Every man’s life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.”     Marcus Aelius Aurelius

“A man is a little soul carrying around a courpse.”     Marcus Aelius Aurelius