Aurelius, Meditations §aur_08_xvii: Whatsoever is, was made for something: as a horse, a vine.

Whatsoever is, was made for something: as a horse, a vine. Why wonderest thou? The sun itself will say of itself, I was made for something; and so hath every god its proper function. What then were then made for? to disport and delight thyself? See how even common sense and reason cannot brook it.