My debts to Sextus include kindliness, how to rule a household with paternal authority, the real meaning of the natural life, an unselfconscious dignity, an intuitive concern for the interests of one’s friends, and a good-natured patients with amateurs and visionaries. The aptness of his courtesy to each individual lent a charm to his society more potent than any flattery, yet at the same time it exacted the complete respect of all present. His manner, too, of determining and systematizing the essential rules of life was as comprehensive as it was methodical. Never displaying a sign of anger nor any kind of emotion, he was at once entirely imperturbable and yet full of kindly affection. His approval was always quietly and undemonstratively expressed, and he never paraded his encyclopaedic learning.
我从塞克斯图斯身上获益良多：习得仁善，懂得以父般的威严持家，领悟顺乎自然的生活真谛；懂得自持庄重而不刻意造作，发自本心顾及友人的利益，对一知半解之人与空想家保有宽厚的耐心。
他待人有礼，分寸恰到好处，与他相处自有魅力，远胜一切谄媚；同时，在场所有人都由衷敬重他。他梳理、归纳人生根本准则的方式，周全而条理分明。 他从不显露愠怒，也不肆意流露情绪，沉静自持，内心却饱含温情。他的赞许总是沉静含蓄，从不张扬自己广博的学识。
重点注释
1.My debts to Sextus：我受惠于塞克斯图斯 / 我从塞克斯图斯身上学到的（《沉思录》固定表达）
2.paternal authority：父性的威严、持家的庄重担当，非粗暴权威
3.natural life：自然的生活，斯多葛术语：顺应自然本性的生活
4.unselfconscious dignity：不刻意、不矫饰的尊严，从容自重
5.amateurs and visionaries：浅尝辄止的门外汉、耽于空想之人
6.the aptness of his courtesy：礼数得体、待人分寸合宜
7.imperturbable：泰然自若、不为外物扰动（斯多葛核心词）
8.undemonstratively：不事张扬、含蓄内敛
9.encyclopaedic learning：渊博完备的学识
来源：马克·奥勒留《沉思录》
