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Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew.

I understand why people achieve a level of fame and disappear, I never understood it before, but it's an attractive prospect to walk away from it all.

Wealthy people have not disappeared, they are just not so willing to show off their wealth.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

The true nature of all wealth is temporary; those who have wealth must here and now do good deeds that will live for a long time.

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever.

I think money, power, fame changes people a lot.

Fame comes and goes. Longevity is the thing to aim for.

I've always said that fame is fleeting, but anonymity can last a lifetime.