Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 706. 2 Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot. There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be called blest or wretched. In a just cause the weak o'ercome the strong. A lie never lives to be old.
Nobody loves life like an old man.
A short saying oft contains much wisdom. It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced. 10 War loves to seek its victims in the young. If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief. 12 Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.