Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.

To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.

Kids are anchors of mothers' life