Cicero: “The soul, in fact, is of heavenly origin, forced down from its home in the highest, and, so to speak, buried in earth, a…”

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.

But I quit life as I would an inn, not as I would a home.

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

I don't wish to depreciate life, as many men and good philosophers have often done; nor do I regret having lived, for I have done so in a way that lets me think that I was not born in vain.