„Let it not be in any man’s power to say truly of thee that thou art not simple or that thou art not good; but let him be a liar whoever shall think anything of this kind about thee; and this is altogether in thy power.“

— Marcus Aurelius

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„In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; “I am rising to a man’s work.”“
— Marcus Aurelius
„Art thou angry with him whose arm-pits stink? art thou angry with him whose mouth smells foul? What good will this anger do thee?“
— Marcus Aurelius
„And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed,Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.“
— John Keats