There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.

Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death

Pain and death are part of life. To reject them is to reject life itself.

Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is cause for celebration, death has become a dreaded and unspeakable issue to be avoided by every means possible in our modern society. Perhaps it is that

The happiest moment in a man's life is when his first child is born. The saddest moment in that man's life is when that child dies.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.