Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
I never desired to please the rabble. What pleased them, I did not learn; and what I knew was far removed from their understanding.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
