Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear.

Throughout his life, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius kept notes for self improvement, and Meditations is a collaboration of these notes ranging from a single sentence to long paragraphs. Segmented into twelve chapters, or "meditations," Marcus Aurelius' famous philosophical work chronicles 12 important times in his life and provides a modern understanding of stoic philosophy that was prevalent during the Roman Empire.