"Time is a kind of river, an..." - Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“Time is like a river made up of the events which happen, and a violent stream; for as soon as a thing has been seen, it is carried away, and another comes in its place, and this will be carried away too.”

“If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.”

“The whole universe is change and life itself is but what you deem it - either gratefully better than or bitterly worse than something else that you alone choose.”

“And when you were a silent word upon Life's quivering lips, I too was there, another silent word. Then life uttered us and we came down the years throbbing with memories of yesterday and with longing for tomorrow, for yesterday was death conquered and tomorrow was birth pursued.”

“Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is.”

“Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.”

“Some men are like ballads, that are in everyone's mouth a little while.”

“You're beautiful, like a May fly.”

“Everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy kind of delight.”