"Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all — the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved."

"There always comes a time in history when the person who dares to say that 2+2=4 is punished by death."

"The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. If it had been possible he would have settled the matter otherwise, and without bloodshed. He doesn't boast of his own death or of others'. But he does not repent. He suffers and keeps his mouth shut; if anything, others then exploit him, making him a myth, while he, the man worthy of esteem, was only a poor creature who reacted with dignity and courage in an event bigger than he was."

"The case for prohibiting drugs is exactly as strong and as weak as the case for prohibiting people from overeating. We all know that overeating causes more deaths than drugs do."

"It is impossible to experience one's own death objectively and still carry a tune."

"After all, there are worse things in life than death. If you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman, you know what I'm talking about."

"The key is, to not think of death as an end, but as more of a very effective way to cut down on your expenses."

"Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life."

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying."

"I intend to live forever. So far, so good."

"By profession I am a soldier and take pride in that fact. But I am prouder – infinitely prouder – to be a father. A soldier destroys in order to build; the father only builds, never destroys. The one has the potentiality of death; the other embodies creation and life. And while the hordes of death are mighty, the battalions of life are mightier still. It is my hope that my son, when I am gone, will remember me not from the battle field but in the home repeating with him our simple daily prayer, 'Our Father who art in Heaven.'"

"Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."

"I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning."

"Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?"