O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou hast to abandon a life of stillness and to obey the law which God and time gave to procreative nature.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

Our life is made by the death of others.

Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.

Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.

Death is close enough at hand so we do not need to be afraid of life.