Cicero: “Bad men must have the fear of punishment before their eyes: a punishment not less severe for those who follow than for…”

Oh glorious day when I shall set out to join that heavenly conclave and company of souls, and depart from the turmoil and impurities of this world!

For nature puts a limit to living as to everything else.

But if I am wrong in thinking the human soul immortal, I am glad to be wrong; nor will I allow the mistake which gives me so much pleasure to be wrested from me as long as I live.

Again, is there not the fact that the wisest man ever dies with the greatest cheerfulness, the most unwise with the least?