Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus · Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
13. From CatulusD not to be indifferent when a friend finds fault,
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even if he should find fault without reason, but to try to restore him to his usual disposition; and to be ready to speak well of teachers, as it is reported of Domitius and Athenodotus; and to love my children truly.
[A] Sextus of Chaeronea, a grandson of Plutarch, or nephew, as some say; but more probably a grandson.
[B] Alexander was a Grammaticus, a native of Phrygia. He wrote a commentary on Homer; and the rhetorician Aristides wrote a panegyric on Alexander in a funeral oration.
M. Cornelius Fronto was a rhetorician, and in great favor with Marcus. There are extant various letters between Marcus and Fronto.
Cinna Catulus, a Stoic philosopher.
