Marcus Aurelius: “He who fears death either fears the loss of sensation or a different kind of sensation.”

Reflecting on all this, consider nothing to be great, except to act as thy nature leads thee, and to endure that which the common nature brings.

What remains, except to enjoy life by joining one good thing to another so as not to leave even the smallest intervals between?

But if it is easy to set little value on all these things, turn to that which remains, which is to follow reason and God.

But everything else, whether it is in the power of thy will or not, is only lifeless ashes and smoke.