From my grandfather Verus: gentleness and meekness, to refrain from all anger and passion · From the reputation of my father: modesty and a manly character · From my mother: piety, beneficence, abstinence from evil · From my great-grandfather: not to frequent public schools, and to have good teachers at home · From my governor: to be neither of the green nor of the blue party at the races · From Diognetus: not to busy myself about trifling things · From Rusticus: that my character required improvement and discipline · From Apollonius: freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose · From Sextus: a benevolent disposition, gravity, and the example of a family governed in a fatherly manner · From Alexander the grammarian: to refrain from fault-finding · From Fronto: how unfeeling and despotic a character a tyrant may have · From Catulus: not to be indifferent when a friend finds fault · From my brother Severus: to love my kin, truth, and justice · From Maximus: self-government, and not to be led aside by anything · From my father: mildness of temper and firm resolution after due deliberation · Of the gods I thank them that I have good grandparents, parents, a sister, teachers, companions, kinsmen, and friends ·
From my grandfather Verus: gentleness and meekness, to refrain from all anger and passion · From the reputation of my father: modesty and a manly character · From my mother: piety, beneficence, abstinence from evil · From my great-grandfather: not to frequent public schools, and to have good teachers at home · From my governor: to be neither of the green nor of the blue party at the races · From Diognetus: not to busy myself about trifling things · From Rusticus: that my character required improvement and discipline · From Apollonius: freedom of will and undeviating steadiness of purpose · From Sextus: a benevolent disposition, gravity, and the example of a family governed in a fatherly manner · From Alexander the grammarian: to refrain from fault-finding · From Fronto: how unfeeling and despotic a character a tyrant may have · From Catulus: not to be indifferent when a friend finds fault · From my brother Severus: to love my kin, truth, and justice · From Maximus: self-government, and not to be led aside by anything · From my father: mildness of temper and firm resolution after due deliberation · Of the gods I thank them that I have good grandparents, parents, a sister, teachers, companions, kinsmen, and friends ·