"A man who is good for anything ought not to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything

he is doing right or wrong - acting the part of a good man or a bad . . .  

For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom,

but a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no one knows whether death,

which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil,

may not be the greatest good."