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Meditations · Marcus Aurelius

III. Whatsoever doth happen unto thee, thou art naturally

by thy natural constitution either able, or not able to bear.

If thou beest able, be not offended, but bear it according

to thy natural constitution, or as nature hath enabled thee.

If thou beest not able, be not offended. For it will

soon make an end of thee, and itself, (whatsoever it be)

at the same time end with thee. But remember, that whatsoever

by the strength of opinion, grounded upon a certain apprehension

of both true profit and duty, thou canst conceive tolerable;

that thou art able to bear that by thy natural constitution.