To consider those old People that resign'd so unwillingly, is for a common Notion, not unserviceable; it helps us somewhat to Face Death, and contemn it : For what are these long-liv'd Mortals more than those that went off in their Infancy? what's become of Cæcilianus, Fabius, Julianus, and Lepidus? Their Heads are all laid somewhere; They buried a great many, but came at last to't themselves. Upon the whole; The difference between long, and short Life is insignificant; especially if you consider the Accidents, the Company, and the Carcass you must go through with : Therefore don't let a Thought of this kind affect you one way or t'other : Do but look upon the astonishing Notion of Time and Eternity : what an immense deal has run out already, and how Infinite 'tis still in the Future: Do but consider this, and you'l find three Days and three Ages of Life, come much to the same Measure and Reckoning.