"Let us tread lightly o'er the ashes of the dead." "Let the living learn a lesson from the dead," said the clergyman, sternly.
"You are leading, it may be, a heartless life of pleasure, but, young ladies, forget not this grave.

She could not escape it, nor will you.

Pause from your balls, and your theatres, and your gay doings, and ask, what is the end of it all.

Trifle not with the inestimable gift of life.

Be not dead while you live.