Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. – Paul Eldridge
Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. – Paul Eldridge
Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird. – Paul Eldridge
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. – Paul Eldridge
Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. – Robert Emmet