Homo? Humus.
Fama? Fumus.
Finis? Cinis!

Man? Dirt.
Fame? Vapor.
The end? Ashes.

Vapor. Rub?

I think the more appropriate translation is:

Man is dust.
Fame is smoke.
Ashes is the end.

See the following:

http://www.conviviobookworks.com/blog/h ... nis-cinis/

Fumus can mean smoke besides vapor.

No, I think Father did a better job. As given it is a set of Q & A, and that is lost in your version

Any chance one of our resident Latin mavens could translate this?

They can knock me down, but they can't keep me down.

Possunt me deiicere, sed me vero deorsum tenere nequeunt.

Much obliged, sir. Thank you for the work.

Now I have a question about your web site. The About the Author area has this: "And a would be pedant on every subject I can attempt to grasp."

Am I the only one confused? Is a word missing after "a"?

Not if you assume a dash between 'would' and 'be'.

Ah. Now it makes perfect sense. I kept trying to read it as if "a" were a Shakespearean "he."