Edited sentence: " -- Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789." -- Daniel Defoe, in The Political History of the Devil, 1726." -- Margaret Mitchell from Gone With the Wind, 1936."Death, taxes and childbirth."In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.Sentiment regarding a connection between death and tax is not new, as illustrated by the following quotes:.There's never any convenient time for any of them