Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.

If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth the writing

Whether my columns are worth reading isn't for me to say.

He has paid dear, very dear, for his whistle.