I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do read more

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do any thing. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

Even the best things are not equal to their fame.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty read more

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.

Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.

And what after all is everlasting fame? Altogether vanity.

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.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.

Fame always brings loneliness. Success is as ice cold and lonely as the North Pole.