Meditations 4.15

Many grains of frankincense on the same altar: one falls before, another falls after; but it makes no difference.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.15, translated by George Long

Many little pellets of frankincense fall upon the same altar, some are cast on it sooner, some later: but it makes no difference.

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.15, translated by C. R. Haines