He was then sixty-two years old, an age by which most men…

Happy men are grave. They carry their happiness cautiously, as they would a glass filled to the brim which the slightest movement could cause…

— Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is…

— O. Henry

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

— William Shakespeare

“How old are you?" "Ten," answered Tangle. "You don't look like it," said the lady. "How old are you, please?" returned Tangle. "Thousands of…

— George MacDonald

I didn't fear old age. I was just becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the only people who said old age was beautiful…

— Erma Bombeck

If you get yourself killed, I'll find your grave and spit on it," she threatened.

— Julie Garwood

I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say 'figment.'

— Andy Warhol

You can run from the grave, but you can't hide.

— Jeaniene Frost

That's wisdom you can take to the grave, and dig up when you need it!

— Neal Shusterman

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

— Thomas Browne

“I've never written a quote I feel would be suitable for my gravestone. Wouldn't it be ironic if it were this one? Oh, and…

— Ryan Lilly

“within yourself, you became a grave for her as you were a grave for Chet, and you carried your dead unquietly within you. —”

— Wallace Stegner

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

— Seneca the Younger

“If Abraham Lincoln were alive now, he'd roll over in his grave.”

— Gerald Ford

Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not…

— Madeleine M. Kunin