Cras te victurum, cras dicis, Postume, semper: dic mihi, cras istud, Postume, quando venit? Quam longe cras istud! ubi est? aut unde petendum? Numquid apud Parthos Armeniosque latet? Iam cras istud habet Priami vel Nestoris annos. Cras istud quanti, dic mihi, possit emi? Cras vives? Hodie iam vivere, Postume, serum est: ille sapit quisquis, Postume, vixit heri.
You always say that you will live tomorrow, Postumus, tomorrow! Tell me, that tomorrow of yours, Postumus, when does it come? How far away that tomorrow is! Where is it? Where must we look for it? Does it hide out among the Parthians and Armenians? That tomorrow of yours is already as old as Priam or Nestor. Tell me, how much will that tomorrow of yours cost? Will you live tomorrow? Postumus, it is already too late to live today: He is wise whoever lived yesterday, Postumus!