The grand principles of virtue and honor, however they may be distorted by arbitrary codes, are the same all the world over: and where these principles are concerned, the right or wrong of any action appears the same to the uncultivated as to the enlightened mind.
The fear came then. The shield wall is a terrible place. It is where a warrior makes his reputation, and reputation is dear to us. Reputation is honour, but to gain that honour a man must stand in the shield wall where death runs rampant.
See that you come not to woo honour, but to wed it.
Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.
Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect.[Μὴ τιμήσῃς ποτὲ ὡς συμφέρον σεαυτοῦ, ὃ ἀναγκάσει σέ ποτε τὴν πίστιν παραβῆναι, τὴν αἰδῶ ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, μισῆσαί τινα.]
Necessity has a way of obliterating from our conduct various delicate scruples regarding honor and pride.
My honour is dearer to me than my life.[translation by John Willis Clark][El librarme dellos se me asegurara con que hiciera, o dijera, cosa que fuera en perjuicio de mi honestidad, así fuera posible hacella o decilla como es posible dejar de haber sido lo que fue.]
Mine honor is my life, both grow in one; take honor from me, and my life is done; then, dear my liege, mine honor let me try; in that I live and for that will I die.
Men of honor will do things for their children that they would never consider doing for themselves.
It is not titles that honor men, but men honor the titles.[Perché non i titoli illustrono gli uomini, ma gli uomini i titoli.]
In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty.
In effect it seemed to him that, though honor might possess certain advantages, yet shame had others, and not inferior: advantages, even, that were well-nigh boundless in their scope.
