Shakespeare may have been right, but it’s not how long the play lasts – it’s how good it is that matters. Imagine today was your final scene – would you expect a standing ovation?
As it is with a play, so it is with life—what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.
Seneca
And this little gem …
Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives.
Seneca