There is a wide difference between true courage and a mere contempt of life.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
He who fears death has already lost the life he covets.
Tis sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.
We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.