hole to creep out of

Some say Hobbes's last words were: "I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at."

He was not afraid of death but said he should willingly "find some hole to creep out of the world at," and was wont to amuse himself with choosing for the epitaph to be graven on his tombstone, "This is the true philosopher's stone."

He will always find some hole to creep out of.

One of his last expressions, when informed of the approaches of death, was—“I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out of the world at.”

Hobbes calmly replied, "I shall be glad then to find a hole to creep out of the world."