I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I... - Mark Twain

"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time."

"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."