Theodore Tilton Quotes

"What is wealth?" the king would say,
"Even this shall pass away".

What is fame?
Fame is but a slow decay—
Even this shall pass away.

But I account it worth All pangs of fair hopes crost—
All loves and honors lost,— To gain the heavens, at cost
Of losing earth.

Pleasure comes, but not to stay;
Even this shall pass away.

So, lest I be inclined To render ill for ill,— Henceforth in me instil, O God, a sweet good-will
To all mankind.

Pain is hard to bear," he cried,
"But with patience, day by day,
Even this shall pass away.

I won a noble fame;
But with a sudden frown,
The people snatched my crown,
And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.