Lighter is the wound foreseen.
After I am dead, I would rather have men ask why Cato has no monument than why he had one.
Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.
He is nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent.
I prefer to do right and get no thanks than to do wrong and receive no punishment.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.