That death is best which comes appropriately at a ripe age.
Let each man pass his days in that endeavor wherein his gift is greatest.
Let each man have the wit to go his own way.
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among whose number may the earth cover me as well.
Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.
Let's give the historians something to write about