Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
If there are none [gods], All our toil is without meaning.