Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

Oh! death will find me long before I tire of watching you.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands