50. And should any one wish more fully to regard
his fortitude, let him consider how often after his shipwreck with
invincible disregard of this life he crossed the sea and travelled
through widespread regions in his journeys, and at last that at this
very time he did not shrink from danger, but met it. Patient
under injustice, regardless of cold, would that he had been equally
thoughtful in taking precautions. But exactly herein was he
blessed, that he, so long as his bodily strength allowed, spent his
life fulfilling the work of youth, uninterruptedly carrying out what he
wished to do, and paid no attention to his weakness.