After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument
than why I have one.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a read more

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.

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

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

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.

Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame.