A man should be upright, not be kept upright. – Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. – Marcus Aurelius

A man should be upright, not be kept upright. – Marcus Aurelius
The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury. – Marcus Aurelius
Live not as though there were a thousand years ahead of you. Fate is at your elbow; make yourself good while life and power are still yours. – Marcus Aurelius
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. – Marcus Aurelius
Consequences are unpitying. Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went before—consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best to fix our minds on that certainty, instead of considering what may be the elements of excuse for us. – George Eliot, Adam Bede