Tis all a chequer board of nights and days
Where Destiny with men for pieces plays
Hither and thither moves,and mates and slays
And one by one back in the closet lays.
Khayyam.
or....
Half ower,half ower frae Aberdour tis forty fathoms deep,
And there lies good Sir Patrick Spens with the...
O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as ithers see us.
Rabbi Burns. To a Louse.
Though I agree with the poster who said there are just too many to choose from.Later,I might choose something else !