"When I was 16 I won a great victory. I thought in that moment I shall live to be 100, now I know I shall not see 30. You see none of us choose our end really; a king may move a man, a father may claim a son, but remember that when those that move you be kings, your soul is yours alone. When you stand before Death you cannot say "but I was told by others to do thus" or that "virtue was not convenient at the time". This will not suffice, remember that."