No man ever walked down to posterity with so small a book under his arm.
Source: Quoted in: Hesketh Pearson, Dickens, ch. 20 (1949), of poet Thomas Gray.
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.