Everything that happens either happens in such a way as you are formed by nature to bear it, or as you are not formed by nature to bear it.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole...

This thou must always bear in mind, what is the nature of the whole, and what is my nature, and how this is related to that, and what kind of a part it is of what kind of a whole; and that there is no one who hinders thee from always doing and saying the things which are according to the nature of which thou art a part.