If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
Marcus Tullius CiceroFor even if the allotted space of life be short, it is long enough in which to live honorably and well.
Marcus Tullius CiceroNor do I regret that I have lived, since I have so lived that I think I was not born in vain, and I quit life as if it were an inn, not a home.
Marcus Tullius Cicero