Is death the last sleep?

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. - - Charles Frohman
Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. - Thomas Hobbes
Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last final awakening. - Walter Scott
The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. - Anonymous
We begin to die as soon as we are born, and the end is linked to the beginning. - Marcus Manilius