Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me read more

Madame, that you may know the state of the rest of my misfortune,
there is nothing left to me but honor, and my life, which is
saved.
[Lat., Madame, pour vous faire savoir comme se porte le reste de
mon infortune, de toutes choses m'est demeure que l'honneur et la
vie qui est sauve.]

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.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a read more

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.

Your word is a s good as the Bank, Sir.

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.

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.

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

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

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

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.