I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting.
Source: Wolsey, in King Henry VIII, act 3, sc. 2.
-- William Shakespeare, (Apr 23 1564-1616), English dramatist, poet; He is considered the greatest writer in any language for his 154 sonnets and 37 plays, e.g., Hamlet, 1600.