Benjamin Franklin's Epitaph

"The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer (like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding), lies here, food for worms; but the work shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the Author." Benjamin Franklin -- Epitaph on Himself [Composed in 1728] From Bartlett's Familar Quotations