We are always doing something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us. - Joseph Addison

Let Caesar have the world, if Marcia’s mine.

Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

I'm weary of conjectures,—this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me: This in a moment brings me to an end; But this informs me I shall never die. The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.