Do not grudge your brother his rest. He has at last become free, safe and immortal, and ranges joyous through the boundless heavens; he has left this low-lying region and has soared upwards to that place which receives in its happy bosom the souls set free from the chains of matter. Your brother has not lost the light of day, but has obtained a more enduring light. He has not left us, but has gone on before.

Economy is in itself a great source of revenue.

He who is penitent is almost innocent.

No choice maxims - we Stoics don't practice that kind of window dressing.

Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.

A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.

Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.