The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live. And often this living nobly means that you cannot live long.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

I am a man: little do I last

How much does a man live, after all?/ Does he live a thousand days, or one only?
For a week, or for several centuries?/ How long does a man spend dying?/ What does it mean to say 'for ever'?

A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Men outlive their love, but they don’t outlive the consequences of their recklessness.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever. Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

No man can have a peaceful life who thinks too much about lengthening it.

In this country … men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.

A man should live forever, or die trying.