I Would Have Preferred To Have Been

An Equal Doom Clipp'd Time's Blest Wings Of Peace.

How Quick The Old Woe Follows A Little Bliss!

The Greater I Am, The Greater Shall Be My Efforts.

Great Errors Seldom Originate But With Men Of Great Minds.

There Is No Lighter Burden, Nor More Agreeable, Than A Pen. Other Pleasures Fail Us Or Wound Us While They Charm, But The Pen We Take Up Rejoicing And Lay Down With Satisfaction, For It Has The Power To Advantage Not Only Its Lord And Master, But Many Others As Well, Even Though They Be Far Away - Sometimes, Indeed, Though They Be Not Born For Thousands Of Years To Come.