89. On Hoping for the Best and Preparing for the Worst
On Hoping for the Best and Preparing for the Worst XXIV. On Despising Death 1. You write me that you are anxious about the result of a lawsuit, with which an angry opponent is threatening you; and you expect me to advise you to picture to yourself a happier issue, and to rest in the allurements […]
65. On Mental Preparation for Hardships
On Mental Preparation for Hardship XVIII. On Festivals and Fasting 1. It is the month of December, and yet the city is at this very moment in a sweat. Licence is given to the general merrymaking. Everything resounds with mighty preparations, – as if the Saturnalia differed at all from the usual business day! So true […]
