"Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight."

"Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it, as she wills everything else."

"The soul of a man is a portion of God."

"Soon you'll be ashes or a skeleton. A name at most, or not even a name. But name is sound and echo. The things we want in life are empty, foul, or trivial. Like dogs snapping at each other, or childre…"

"The soul of man is a portion of the divine breath, and therefore it is immortal. And if it is immortal, it is not afraid of death."