A stoic quote by Epictetus from Discourses III, 5.7

Speaking for myself, I hope death overtakes me when I’m occupied solely with the care of my character, in an effort to make it passionless, free, unrestricted and unrestrained.
― Epictetus Discourses III, 5.7

Stoic Sage in Training

A Sage is a theoretical perfect stoic - I can only attempt to act as I imagine he would act in my situation.