"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might."

"Time as he grows old teaches all things."

"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."

"Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy."

"I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope."

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

"There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?"

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life."

"I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race."

"There's a strange sort of quiet when you're dying. It's as if you're in a glass room, and the walls keep getting thicker and thicker."

"The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them."