A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to read.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has ? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

A man is not completely born until he be dead.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.