I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.

The dead do not harm us, only the alive.

Some things I can never forget. I must not. Otherwise what do I have left?

Wherever you look there is so much loss and folly to contemplate.

I am afraid of losing what I have already valued.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.