In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness in action, speech that cannot deceive, and a disposition glad of whatever comes, welcoming it as necessary, as familiar, as flowing from the same source and fountain as yourself.

The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2002) - ISBN: 9780743233835