Nothing happens to anyone that he can’t endure. The same thing happens to other people, and they weather it unharmed—out of sheer obliviousness or because they want to display “character.” Is wisdom really so much weaker than ignorance and vanity?
Meditations 5.18
Every time I revisit this paragraph I like it more. I have been guilty of a desire to display character. I will almost certainly do it again, unfortunately.
Shut up and do what needs to be done, without considering the audience.