给军骡的墓志铭:
Here lies Maggie, the mule who in her time kicked a general, two colonels, four majors, ten captains, twenty-four lieutenants, forty sergeants,two hundred and twenty privates, and a bo....
后人为英王查理二世Charles II(1630-1685)写的,融诙谐与讽刺于一体的墓志铭:
Here lies a great and mighty king此地安息非凡王
Whose promise none relies on无人把他来指望
He never said a foolish thing金口不曾说蠢话
No ever did a wise one....
《金银岛》作者史蒂文森Stevenson为自己写的墓志铭表达了生死观:
Under the wide and starry sky群星璀璨映苍天
Dig the grave and let me lie造一墓室供我眠
Glad did I live and gladly die生而快乐死亦欢
And I laid me down with a will尚怀一念赴九泉....