“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us; footprints on the sands of time.”
“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us; footprints on the sands of time.”
“Let age approve of youth, and death complete the same”
“Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it”
“We mortals cross the ocean of this world each in his average cabin of a life”
“Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face”
“There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live”
“Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death”