Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit read more

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

Unless what we do is useful, our glory is vain.
[Lat., Nisi utile est quod facimus, stulta est gloria.]

The glory of Him who
Hung His masonry pendant on naught, when the world He created.

The glory of Him who
Hung His masonry pendant on naught, when the world He created.

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

Holy Father, so passes away the glory of the world.
[Lat., Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi.]

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

Real glory springs from the silent conquest of ourselves.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.

Glory is the shadow of virtue.

Glory is the shadow of virtue.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.

For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.