Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

Men pass away, but their deeds abide.

All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.

All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

This is the Thing that I was born to do.

An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en read more

An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in
water.
[Fr., L'injure se grave en metal; et le bienfait s'escrit en
l'onde.]

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.

Little deeds of kindness, little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden like the heaven above.

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor read more

His deeds inimitable, like the Sea
That shuts still as it opes, and leaves no tracts
Nor prints of Precedent for poore men's facts.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.

To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which read more

We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; and
we have done those things which we ought not to have done.