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

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

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

Nobody can acquire honor by doing what is wrong

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would read more

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

Honour is but an itch in youthful blood
Of doing acts extravagantly good.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even read more

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

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.]

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

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.

Honor lies in honest toil.

Honor lies in honest toil.