Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.
Marcus Aurelius (Emperor of Rome), AndrĂ© Dacier, Thomas Gataker, Cebes (of Thebes.) (1708). “The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conversation with Himself: Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker ; as Also the Emperor's Life”, p.193