Neither the sun nor death can be looked at with a steady eye. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home. – Tecumseh

The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. – William Lloyd Garrison