It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't read more

It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live.

One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a read more

One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.

It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.

It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fear not death, for it is your destiny.

Fear not death, for it is your destiny.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.