To fail at all is to fail utterly.—Lowell.
He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts.—Whately.
FAME
After an absence of four years a certain man went back to visit his old home town. The first four people he met didn't remember him and the next three didn't know he had been away.
"That antagonist of yours says he is going to leave footprints in the sands of time."
"He won't," replied Senator Sorghum. "His mind is in the clouds. He is an intellectual aviator. When he comes down he will leave a dent, not a footprint."