Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current

Quote by Laurence Sterne

Topics: Honor Quotes

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding...

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding...

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

An actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take...

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through...

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through...

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of...

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen,...

But this is neither here nor there why do I mention it? Ask my pen,...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.

For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in...

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in...

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured...

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this...

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this...

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get...

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get...