I forewarn you, this will be a rather long talk. I am an old man. I do not know how much longer I will live, and so I want to say what I have to say, while I have the strength to say it. ...Having been warned, some of you will wish to get comfortable. Pleasant dreams.

Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.

When some men die it is as if you had lost your pen-knife, and were subject to perpetual inconvenience until you could get another. Other men's going is like the vanishing of a great mountain from the landscape, and the outlook of life is changed forever.

All say, "How hard it is that we have to die" — a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.

If it weren't for death, life would be unbearable.

Happy the man who dies before he prays for death.

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived — forwards.

You do not at all understand my manner of life. Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry; because I never undertake any more work than I can go through with perfect calmness of spirit.

History is but a collection of epitaphs.

Life is about unforgettable and transcendent moments, isn't it? The point of music is to get the moment.

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.