I recommend the Marcus Aurelius Penguin Classic edition translated by Staniforth. It's written in noble language. Maybe there is a newer edition of this translation, but I foind this one to be my favorite. I'm very particular about translations more than I am about hardcovers. I have some passages you might want to read. His thoughts are numbered and short so you can hop around and peruse at your liking. I read his incessantly while under psychosis. He might have been Plato's ideal philosopher king. I believe he just wanted to be a philosopher though, not a king. He had patience like a statue. Shoot me some lines you like of his!