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• Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, vi, 3...
• To a rational being it is the same thing to act according to nature and according to reason.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, vii, 11...
• The ruling power within, when it is in its natural state, is so related to outer circumstances that it easily changes to accord with what can be done and what is given it to do.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iv, 1...
• Remember this,--that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iv, 32...
• By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, iv, 3...
• Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
  -- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 AD) -- Meditations, viii, 51...
• Be not unwilling in what thou doest, neither selfish nor unadvised nor obstinate
  let not over-refinement deck out thy thought; be not wordy nor a busybody....
• Doth perfect beauty stand in need of praise at all?
  Nay; no more than law, no more than truth, no more than loving kindness, nor than modesty....