Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 6

Nec ideo mihi plures annos accedere recusaverim, nihil tamen mihi ad beatam vitam defuisse dicam, si spatium eius inciditur. Non enim ad eum diem me aptavi, quem ultimum mihi spes avida promiserat, sed nullum non tamquam ultimum aspexi. Quid me interrogas, quando natus sim, an inter iuniores adhue adhuc censear?

Ce n’est pas que, si un surcroît d’années m’était offert, je le refuserais : toutefois je dis que rien n’aura manqué à mon bonheur, si on en abrége la durée. Car je n’ai pas arrangé mes plans pour le plus long terme qu’une avide espérance pouvait se promettre ; mais il n’est point de jour que je n’aie regardé comme le dernier de mes jours. Pourquoi m’interroger sur la date de ma naissance, et si je compte encore parmi les jeunes gens ? J’ai mon lot.

And yet I would not on that account decline for myself a few additional years; although, if my life’s space be shortened, I shall not say that I have lacked aught that is essential to a happy life. For I have not planned to live up to the very last day that my greedy hopes had promised me; nay, I have looked upon every day as if it were my last. Why ask the date of my birth, or whether I am still enrolled on the register of the younger men? What I have is my own.