Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.
The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.
To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.
Oh! thou who are greatly mad, deign to spare me who am less mad.
I shall not altogether die.
Believe it, future generations.