Quod si tanta cupiditas te longioris aevi tenet? cogita nihil eorum quae ab oculis abeunt et in rerum naturam, ex qua prodierunt ac mox processura sunt, reconduntur consumi: desinunt ista, non pereunt, et mors, quam pertimescimus ac recusamus, intermittit vitam, non eripit; veniet iterum qui nos in lucem reponat dies, quem multi recusarent nisi oblitos reduceret. <...> Aequo animo debet rediturus exire.

Jei tu didžiai trokšti ilgesnio gyvenimo, manyk, kad niekas iš to, kas dingsta iš akių, nežūva, bet slapta grįžta į prieglobstį gamtos, iš kurios kilo ir iš kurios greitai vėl išeis. Viskas baigiasi, bet nežūva. Mirtis, kurios labiausiai bijome ir vengiame, nutraukia gyvybę, bet jos neatima. Vėl ateis diena, kuri mus sugrąžins į saulės šviesą. Daugelis jos nenorėtų, jei nebūtų užmiršę savo ankstesniojo buvimo. <...> Ramia širdimi turi išeiti tas, kuris grįš.

And yet, if you are possessed by so great a craving for a longer life, reflect that none of the objects which vanish from our gaze and are re-absorbed into the world of things, from which they have come forth and are soon to come forth again, is annihilated; they merely end their course and do not perish. And death, which we fear and shrink from, merely interrupts life, but does not steal it away; the time will return when we shall be restored to the light of day; and many men would object to this, were they not brought back in forgetfulness of the past. <...> Since you are destined to return, you ought to depart with a tranquil mind.