The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor

Content thyself to be obscurely good.
When vice prevails and impious men bear away,
The post of read more

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

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the read more

Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to
have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind.
[Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit
Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]

And all at Worcester but the honour lost.

And all at Worcester but the honour lost.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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.

There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla read more

There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries
to corrupt you.
[Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut
possit aut conetur rumpere.]

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

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