But," says one, "I wish to live, for I am engaged in many honourable pursuits. I am loth to leave life’s duties, which I am fulfilling with loyalty and zeal." Surely you are aware that dying is also one of life’s duties? You are deserting no duty; for there is no definite number established which you are bound to complete. Lucius Annaeus Seneca and Richard Mott Gummere, Moral letters to Lucilius Vol.2, loc. 1207. Kindle Edition