Aristotle and Marcus Aurelius

I think some of Aristotle's work and Marcus Aurelius's work can be seen in the same light. Aurelius believed that we should live for humanity in making our decisions. That we shouldn't be worried about any superfluous things that wastes our time. When I was reading Aristotle's virtue ethics, it kind of reminded me of that. When he talks about rationality he is basically saying that we are to avoid excess and deficiency. This sounds like what Aurelius is saying when he talks about not getting involved in material things, or things that are in the moment and wont matter in retrospect. Aristotle speaks of things that aren't virtuous, things that we shouldn't do, for example, murder. Aurelius speaks of how we should act and how to make our decisions. He says that we should make them based on what you want for humanity and what kind of place and people you want to live your life with. If you do things that aren't virtuous, it will only make your short time here miserable and not peaceful. Aurelius was a stoic philosopher that believed you should set emotions aside because they only hinder situations, and Aristotle also believed that emotions should only be guided with rationality. I think that the last statement can be looked at two ways, one comparing to Aurelius and one contrasting...but I see it as comparative because he still thinks you should control your emotions and guide it through rationality. Interesting...