Speak Softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue

Not much more can happen to you after you lose your reputation and your wife

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

We'd all like a reputation for generosity, and we'd all like to buy it cheap

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to