The Meditations By Marcus Aurelius Written 167 A.C.E.

http://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.1.one.html From my grandfather Verus I learned good morals and the government of my temper. From the reputation and remembrance of my father, modesty and a manly character. From my mother, piety and beneficence, and abstinence, not only from evil deeds, but even from evil thoughts; and further, simplicity in my way of living, far removed from the habits of the rich.