Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

(That last infirmity of noble mind)

To scorn delights, and live laborious days.

—MILTON, Lycidas

When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and Another shall gird thee and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.

—ST. JOHN’S GOSPEL, XXI: 18