Any man of forty who is endowed with moderate intelligence has seen—in the light of the uniformity of nature—the entire past and future. – Marcus Aurelius
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth. – Marcus Aurelius
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. – Marcus Aurelius
I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, where do I want to be today, where do I want to be tomorrow, and where do I want to be in a hundred years? We all have clear answers to those questions. We only have so much time. Its a real shame if we dont spend our lives trying to do that. – Jack Antonoff
Dr. Richard Bentley (1662-1742)… is said one day, on finding his son reading a novel, to have remarked—’Why read a book that you cannot quote?’— a saying which affords an amusing illustration of the nature and object of his literary studies. – Cyclopædia of English Literature edited by Robert Chambers, 1844