I Never Come Home the Same Man
You ask me what to avoid above everything. Crowds — and I say that as someone who still cannot manage them either.
Hold Every Hour
You are not going to die one day. You have been dying the whole time, and most of it is already behind you.
Nature Did Not Get Careless About the Last Act
You two seem surprised that I carry my years lightly. So let me take the four charges people bring against old age, and show you that not one of them holds.
Nothing Is Ours Except Time
You have all the letters now, Lucilius, and you want to know what they come to. Here is the whole of it, before we take it apart.
You Are Not in a Storm. You Are Seasick.
You asked me to name your disease. I can. And I should tell you at the start that the cure is not stillness.
Ask Nothing of a Friend That Would Make Him Worse
My friend Scipio died last week. Everyone wants to know how I am bearing it. I would rather tell you what he taught me about friendship.