@davidallengreen "As Seneca advised, leaders should remind themselves every day of their political mortality. They should govern from the first day as if it were their last. In that way, it is possible to avoid leaving office with regrets because you will have achieved everything you could in the span allotted to you." -- Jonathan Powell, "The New Machiavelli"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger