moral vanity is the snare of good people.
One must desire something to be alive.
... safety that depends on an apron-string is very unsafe!
Weakness is a great bully without knowing it.
I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.
In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness.