Glory paid to our ashes comes too late

There is no glory in outstripping donkeys

Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. [Lat., Cineri gloria sera est.]

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]