Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 7

Haec mecum loquor, sed tecum quoque me locutum puta. Iuvenior es; quid refert? Non dinumerantur anni. Incertum est, quo loco te mors expectet; itaque tu illam omni loco expecta.

» Voilà ce que je me dis ; prends que je te l’ai dit à toi-même. Tu es plus jeune ? Qu’importe ? La mort ne compte pas les années. Ne sachant pas où elle t’attend, c’est partout que tu dois l’attendre.

This is what I say to myself, but I would have you think that I have said it to you also. You are younger; but what does that matter? There is no fixed count of our years. You do not know where death awaits you; so be ready for it everywhere.