Take my reputation away from me and my life will be over. -Shakespeare
No matter how gluttonous time devours everything, we must strive to gain fame while this breath is still alive, so that the sickle of time will not hurt us; Our life can end, but our reputation will last forever. -Shakespeare
No matter what kind of humiliation we suffer, we can almost always recover our reputation. La Rochefoucauld
Immortal fame lies only in virtue. Peter drake
Wealth is like sea water: the more you drink, the thirstier you get. Fame is actually the same. -Schopenhauer
It is better to be famous in plain clothes than to pretend to be rich and not famous. -Aesop