I Have Fed Purely Upon

I Believe They Talked Of Me, For They Laughed Consumedly.

Tis A Question Whether Adversity Or Prosperity Makes The Most Poets.

Vivutur Ingenio, That Damn'd Motto There Seduced Me First To Me A Wicked Player.

Spite Of All Modesty, A Man Must Own A Pleasure In The Hearing Of His Praise.

We Are The Men Of Intrinsic Value, Who Can Strike Our Fortunes Out Of Ourselves, Whose Worth Is Independent Of Accidents In Life, Or Revolutions In Government: We Have Heads To Get Money, And Hearts To Spend It.