Leonardo da Vinci

Our life is made by the death of others.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.