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{{Hoyt quote | num = 14 | text = The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out and stript 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. Written in 1728. Revised by himself from an earlier one. John Davis, in Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America, gives similar epitaph in Latin, said to have been written by "An Eton scholaJ " | seealso = (See also {{sc|Capen) | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Epitaph | page = }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 15 | text = Quand je serai la, je serai sans souci. When I shall be there, I shall be without care. Frederick the Great. His inscription written at the foot, of the statue of Flora at Sans Souci, where he wished to be buried. His body lies in the church at Potsdam. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Epitaph | page = 230 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 16 | text = Here lies Fred, Who was alive and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said. Epitaph to Frederick, Prince or Wales (Father of George III), as given by Thackeray—Four Georges. Probably version of a French epigram "Colas est morte de maladie," found in Les Epigrammes de Jean Ogier Gombauld. (1658) Several early versions of same. See Notes and Queries. May 3, 1902. P. 346. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Epitaph | page = 230 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 17 | text = "Fuller's earth." | author = Thomas Fuller | work = Epitaph written by Himself. | place = | note = | topic = Epitaph | page = 230 }}