A man should hold on to the opinion not of all, but of those only who confessedly live according to nature. But as to those who live not so, he always bears in mind what kind of men they are both at home and from home, both by night and by day, and what they are, and with what men they live an impure life. Accordingly, he does not value at all the praise which comes from such men, since they are not even satisfied with themselves. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations. Book 3.
Image: Little Luxury by Stepan Bakalovich, 19th century CE, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. This image is often used by publishers to illustrate Lesbia and Catullus.
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