The Finest Minds, Like The Finest Metals,

Like Following Life Through Creatures You Dissect, You Lose It In The Moment You Detect.

What Is Fame? A Fancied Life In Others' Breath.

With The Mistake Your Life Goes In Reverse. Now You Can See Exactly What You Did Wrong Yesterday And Wrong The Day Before And Each Mistake Leads Back To Something Worse.

Aurora Now, Fair Daughter Of The Dawn, Sprinkled With Rosy Light The Dewy Lawn.

Genius Creates, And Taste Preserves. Taste Is The Good Sense Of Genius; Without Taste, Genius Is Only Sublime Folly.