I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

Don't strew me with roses after I'm dead. When Death claims the light of my brow No flowers of life read more

Don't strew me with roses after I'm dead. When Death claims the light of my brow No flowers of life will cheer me: instead You may give me my roses now!

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any read more

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?

Only a life lived for others is worth living

Only a life lived for others is worth living

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat.
(Death levels sceptre and the law.)

Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat.
(Death levels sceptre and the law.)