I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand
I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.