It is easy in adversity to despise death; he has real fortitude who dares to live and be wretched.
MartialIf pale beans bubble for you in a red earthenware pot, you can often decline the dinners of sumptuous hosts.
MartialGenerosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality, and benevolence; the other from pride or fear, or from the fact that you cannot take your money with you to the other world.
Martial