Certain things must happen because of certain causes. Someone who doesn't want these things to happen is like someone who wants a fig tree to grow without sap. Remember this: very soon, both you and he will be dead. And not long after that, even your names will be forgotten.
Such and such things, from such and such causes, must of necessity proceed. He that would not have such things to happen, is as he that would have the fig-tree grow without any sap or moisture. In sum, remember this, that within a very little while, both thou and he shall both be dead, and after a little while more, not so much as your names and memories shall be remaining.