Fame will go by and, so long, I’ve had you, fame. If it goes by, I’ve always known it was fickle. So at least it’s something I experienced, but that’s not where I live.

Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it, and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.

Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation.