What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
Do not mistake for wisdom that opinion which may rise from a sick mind.
Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.
Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.
This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.
Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone.