Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.
Most people die at twenty-five and aren't buried until they're seventy-five.
This line is widely circulated under this name. It may be a paraphrase, a later coinage, or a doubtful ascription. It stays because the collection used it; treat the byline as traditional, not proven.
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Most people die at twenty-five and aren't buried until they're seventy-five.
Franklin
The Commonplace