Antoninus Pius

"The best path through life is to not harm others."

"How much trouble he avoids who does not look at what his neighbor says or does."

"Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them."

"Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint."

"When you have assumed a certain character, bear it and do not change it."

"The way to handle disagreement is through reason and argument."

"Every object has two handles by which it may be carried."

"Poverty is the mother of crime."

"The proper way to live is guided by nature."

"Witness how the stars keep their paths."

"If you are pained by any external thing, it is not the thing itself that troubles you, but your judgment about it."

"We are all in this together, part of one system."

"The man who would be fully employed in body and mind is never idle."

"You have within you right now everything you need to live fully."

"Remember that all is opinion."

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

"Treat those who are good with goodness, and treat those who are not good with goodness too."

"It is not possible to walk the same path for long without knowing where it leads."

"In the end, what will have mattered is not what you owned, but who you were."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Recognize that what you value, others value too."

"Nature does nothing incomplete or in vain."

"Remember that even if you think the world is against you, you are not abandoned."

"The obstacle is the way."

"Your mind is precious. Guard it with vigilance."

"The universe tends toward justice and harmony."

"How often does this need arise for the wise man to pause and reflect?"

"Truth is the foundation of all virtue and the source of all excellence."

"Let your every act and thought be that of a man who is willing to leave the world at any moment."

"This is the greatest prize: to live righteously."