A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree; or draw a child by studying the outlines of its form merely... but by watching for a time his motions and plays, the painter enters into his nature and can then draw him at every attitude... 
All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.
Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero!
Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead.
Death is the only thing we haven't succeeded in completely vulgarizing.
Dying is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.
I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick -- not wounded -- dead.
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?