William Shakespeare on Epitaphs
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“On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs.”
“You cannot better be employ'd, Bassanio, Than to live still and write mine epitaph.”
“After your death you were better have a bad epitaph than their ill report while you live.”
“And if your love Can labour aught in sad invention, Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb And sing it to her bones, sing it to-night.”
“Either our history shall with full mouth Speak freely of our acts, or else our grave, Like Turkish mute, shall have a tongueless mouth, Not worshipp'd with a waxen epitaph.”