“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”

“Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.”

“The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.”

“How fast passes away the glory of this world.”
O quam cito transit gloria mundi.

“The passion of laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmities of others, or with our own formerly…”

“Having fun is a dismal business after you pass fifty.”

“"True love gives true love of the best:
Then take," I cried, "my heart to thee!"
The very heart from out my breast
I plucked, I gave it willingly;
Her very heart she gave to me —
Then died the glory from the west.In the gray light I saw her face,
And it was withered, old, and gray;
The flowers were fading in their place,
Were fading with the fading day.”

“It's better to get lost in the passion than to lose the passion”

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”

“The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,
A chafing savage, down the decent street;
And passion rends my vitals as I pass,
Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.”