Meditations IV.37

A moment and thou wilt be dead; and not even yet art thou simple, nor unperturbed, nor free from all suspicion that thou canst be injured by externals, nor gracious⁶¹ to all, nor convinced that wisdom and just dealing are but one.

• 61.Compare Herodian (i. 2, § 4) of Marcus: τοὺς προσίοντας δεξιούμενος; and Aristides, To the King § 112 (Jebb’s edition).

  Herodian’s Greek, in translation: “greeting those who approached him with his right hand.”