...not only his acts towards his fellow-men, but his thoughts also, suitable to this conviction : — 'When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the...a third, and some other good quality of a fourth.' Still, it is hard for a pure and thoughtful man to live in a state of rapture at the spectacle afforded...

...unhappiness cf their family life. One can just as easily draw precisely opposite conclusions from eg ib. vi. 48: "When thou wishest to delight thyself, think of the virtues of those who live with thee." 1 p. 83, "pro Faustina mane cotidie deos appello: scio enim me pro tua salute optare ac praecari" (Prof....