Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.

Now, while the honour thou hast got
Is spick and span new.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in read more

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not
what you said or thought.
[Lat., Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris,
cogitandum.]

Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
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Give me, kind Heaven, a private station,
A mind serene for contemplation:
Title and profit I resign;
The post of honor shall be mine.

The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never
re-enter it once we are on the read more

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never
re-enter it once we are on the outside.
[Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords;
On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.