When We Exist, Death Is Not Yet

What Will Happen To Me If That Which This Desire Seeks Is Achieved, And What If It Is Not?

Any Man Who Does Not Think That What He Has Is More Than Ample, Is An Unhappy Man, Even If He Is The Master Of The Whole World.

An Irreligious Man Is Not One Who Denies The Gods Of The Majority, But One Who Applies To The Gods The Opinions Of The Majority. For What Most Men Say About The Gods Are Not Ideas Derived From Sensation, But False Opinions, According To Which The Greatest Evils Come To The Wicked, And The Greatest Blessings Come To The Good From The Gods.

It Is Not The Young Man Who Should Be Considered Fortunate But The Old Man Who Has Lived Well, Because The Young Man In His Prime Wanders Much By Chance, Vacillating In His Beliefs, While The Old Man Has Docked In The Harbor, Having Safeguarded His True Happiness.

The Wise Man Thinks Of Fame Just Enough To Avoid Being Despised.