Though this may be play to you

Call no man happy till he is dead. - Aeschylus
Though this may be play to you, Tis death to us. - Aesop
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, in sure and certain hope of the resurrection. - Anonymous
In the midst of life we are in death. - Anonymous
Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. - Anonymous
Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is pass'd in sleep.- Lord Byron