Aurelius, Meditations §aur_12_ix: Whatsoever doth happen in the ordinary course and consequence of natural even...

Whatsoever doth happen in the ordinary course and consequence of natural events, neither the Gods, (for it is not possible, that they either wittingly or unwittingly should do anything amiss) nor men, (for it is through ignorance, and therefore against their wills that they do anything amiss) must be accused. None then must be accused.