Marcus Aurelius has often been one of my bedside books; I have read him in the night watches, when I could not sleep for misery, and when assuredly I could have read nothing else.

马库斯·奥勒留 (Marcus Aurelius) 经常是我的床头书之一；我在值夜班的时候读过他，那时候我因痛苦而无法入睡，而且当时我肯定不会再读其他的东西了。