My original attempts at working with a quote proved unsuccessful, though I learned things.
Instead, I am using an excerpt from "Ozymandias," by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822). This quote is more famous: a google image search for the text string gave me some inspiration. Please follow the hyperlink to view the full poem.
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias,
King of Kings.
Look on my works, ye mighty, and
despair.
—Nothing beside remains.