4 Maccabees 7:14-16

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁴ in spirit through reason; and by reason like that of Isaac he rendered the many-headed rack ineffective. ¹⁵ O man of blessed age and of venerable grey hair and of law-abiding life, whom the faithful seal of death has perfected!

¹⁶ If, therefore, because of piety an aged man despised tortures even to death, most certainly devout reason is governor of the emotions.