The finest day of life is that on which one quits it.—Frederick the Great.
Death is delightful. Death is dawn—
The waking from a weary night
Of fevers unto truth and light.
—Joaquin Miller.
The hour conceal'd and so remote the fear,
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
—Pope.
All that lives must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.
—Shakespeare.
Death gives us sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.—Richter.
You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day.—Martial.
No man but knows that he must die; he knows that in whatever quarter of the world he abides—whatever be his circumstances—however strong his present hold of life—however unlike the prey of death he looks—that it is his doom beyond reverse to die.—Stebbing.
It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes, it is an alleviation to mortals who are worn out with sufferings.—Metastasio.
God giveth quietness at last.—Whittier.
Death hath ten thousand several doors
For men to take their exits.
—John Webster.