We're reaching for death on the end of a candle We're trying for something that's already found us.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and without glory is to die every day.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.