we deceive ourselves in thinking that death only follows life whereas it both goes before and will follow after it for where is the difference in not beginning or ceasing to exist the effect of both is not to be
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a voyage, or my house when I propose to take a residence, so I shall choose my death when I am about to depart from life.