But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?
All chance, direction, which thou canst not see
Mankind is unamendable.
From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, "as a king's favorite or a king.
There is no study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
Thus let me live, unseen, unknown, Thus unlamented let me die, Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie.