“Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.”

“A businessman who reads Business Week is lost to fame. One who reads Proust is marked for greatness.”

“Those who have the greatest and most positive impact on society are not concerned with name and fame.”

“How much does the fame of human actions depend upon the station of those who perform them!”
Quam multum interest quid a quoque fiat!

“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.”

“The best books are those, which those who read them believe they themselves could have written.”

“The measure of fame that I have is kind of like micro fame, relative to a certain kind of community of people. It’s awful. It’s horrible. I wouldn’t wish fame on my worst enemy.”

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

“Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.”

“What is fame?
Fame is but a slow decay—
Even this shall pass away.”