Death will extract me / a disappointed man / there can be no arriving.

Death as a welcoming thought / is life's worst admission.

Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.

Christ's first coming was to fulfill a mission, a purpose. He came to suffer, die, and be raised again. These happened and yielded results effective for the present time and into eternity.

How could they tell? (upon hearing that President Coolidge had died)

Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going to get it.