4 Maccabees 7:15-17

Revised Standard Version

¹⁵ O man of blessed age and of venerable gray 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. ¹⁷ Some perhaps might say, “Not every one has full command of his emotions, because not every one has prudent reason.”