If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave. – Proverb

Nor has his death the world deceivd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman livd least he like a wise one dyd. – Miguel de Cervantes

Posterity will never survey a nobler grave than this: here lie the bones of Castlereagh: stop, traveler, and piss. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. – Irvin S. Cobb