Cicero: “For it is of no avail to fight against one's nature or to aim at what is impossible of attainment.”

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

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.

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.

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