Cicero: “A refusal, though perfectly right, is attacked by those to whom they refuse compliance as a violation of the laws of…”

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

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 has given us a place of entertainment, not of residence.

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.