Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do read more

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

To myself alone do I owe my fame.
[Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]

To myself alone do I owe my fame.
[Fr., Je ne dois qu'a moi seul toute ma renommee.]

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

I awoke one morning and found myself famous.

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.

The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.