"I am worse than middle-aged-I am resigned, and read Marcus aurelius," he said.
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
To this later time may be assigned the famous lampoons on Julius Caesar and Mamurra, the poems referring to some of his Veronese amours, those addressed to Juventius, and the reckless, half-bantering, half-savage assaults on 'Furius and aurelius,' who were both the butts of his wit and the sharers of his least reputable pleasures.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The early books-the Journals of Joseph Hornby, Meditations of Marcus aurelius, Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, etc.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard