Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.
Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?