"The pomp of funerals has more regard to the vanity of the living than to the
honour of the dead."
La Rochefoucauld, Maxims
"In despair,
Rejoice in friends and family
They are always there."
"No matter how dismal life gets,
Always, always think of how much good there is..."
"How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable,
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't! ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden,
That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature
Possess it merely"