Aurelius, Meditations §aur_01_x: Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to ...

Of Catulus, not to contemn any friend's expostulation, though unjust, but to strive to reduce him to his former disposition: freely and heartily to speak well of all my masters upon any occasion, as it is reported of Domitius, and Athenodotus: and to love my children with true affection.