Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

Those only deserve a monument who do not need one.

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can read more

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered read more

Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who read more

The marble keeps merely a cold and sad memory of a man who would else be forgotten. No man who needs a monument ever ought to have one.