There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. – Jean De La Bruyere
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again. – Francis Bacon
If someones going to talk about me, Id want it to be positively. The way many write, youd think only bad things were interesting. If we dont think positive, whats the use? Its a lot more fun, you know. – Dorothy Stratten
