Words and Thoughts

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing" Benjamin Franklin

Notice the strong walls of our city . . . Now examine the inner walls of our city. Examine the fine brickwork. These walls, too, surpass all others! No human being, not even a king, will ever be able to construct more impressive walls. Gilgamesh, Tablet I, 2IOO B.C.

What printing presses yield we think good store. But what is writ by hand we reverence more. —John Donne

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. Bill Cosby