Nero wasn't worried at all when he heard the utterance of the Delphic Oracle: "Beware the age of seventy-three." Plenty of time to enjoy himself still. He's thirty. The deadline the god has given him is quite enough to cope with future dangers.

Arriving there is what you are destined for

I'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life.

And if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it.

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long, full of adventure, full of knowledge.

Return often and take me, beloved sensation, return and take me - When memory of the body awakens, and old desire again runs through the blood; when the lips and skin remember, and the hands feel as if they touch again.

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.