The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
Each man the architect of his own fate.
The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.