When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night.
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a clear head and with joyfulness, consummated in the midst of children and witnesses: so that an actual leave-taking is possible while he who is leaving is still there.
The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort: with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night.