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| A churl knows not the worth of spars; i.e., honor. French. | 1 |
| A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor. Italian. | 2 |
| A lady’s honor will not bear a soil. Dryden. | 3 |
| A man’s word is his honor. Danish. | 4 |
| A man that breaks his word bids others be false to him. | 5 |
| All is lost except our honor. (Exclamation of Francis I. after the battle of Pavia.) | 6 |
| Among men of honor a word is a bond. Italian. | 7 |
| Before honor is humility. Bible. | 8 |
| Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it. Portuguese. | 9 |
| Better to fall with manly wounds before thy cruel enemy, than survive thine honor. Massinger. | 10 |
| Better with honor die than live with shame. German. | 11 |
| Conduct and courage lead to honor. | 12 |
| Either live or die with honor. | 13 |
| Great honors are great burthens. Ben Jonson. | 14 |
| He who partakes the honor, should participate in the labor. Petrarch. | 15 |
| Honor and good name easily lost, with difficulty regained. German. | 16 |
| Honor lost much lost; life lost more lost; soul lost all lost. German. | 17 |
| Honor a good man that he may honor you and a bad man that he may not dishonor you. Portuguese. | 18 |
| Honor and ease are seldom bed fellows. | 19 |
| Honor and profit will not keep in one sack. Portuguese. | 20 |
Honor and shame from no condition rise,
Act well your part; there all the honor lies. Pope. | 21 |
| Honor blossoms on the grave. French. | 22 |
| Honor buys no beef in the market. | 23 |
| Honor is not seemly for a fool. Bible. | 24 |
| Honor is on his tongue and ice under it. Russian. | 25 |
| Honor the old, teach the young. Danish. | 26 |
| Honor is the reward of virtue. Cicero. | 27 |
| Honor the tree that gives you shelter. Danish. | 28 |
| Honor thy father and thy mother. Bible. | 29 |
Honors best thrive when rather from our acts.
We them derive than our fore-fathers. Shakespeare. | 30 |
| Honors change manners. French, Italian, Dutch. | 31 |
| I cannot stain my honor with a deed of shame. Byron. | 32 |
| If I lose my honor, I lose myself. Shakespeare. | 33 |
| It is a sign of a worthy spirit whom honor amends. | 34 |
| It is a worthier thing to deserve honor than to possess it. | 35 |
| It is better to be beloved than honored. | 36 |
| It is no honor for an eagle to vanquish a dove. Italian. | 37 |
| Moderate honors are wont to augment, but immoderate to diminish. Theopompus. | 38 |
| New-made honor doth forget men’s names. | 39 |
| Nothing will bring you more honor than to do what right you may. Bacon. | 40 |
| Regal honors have regal cares. | 41 |
| Suffering and patience, obedience and application help the lowly born to honor. Danish. | 42 |
| Take honor from me and my life is done. Shakespeare. | 43 |
| That chastity of honor which felt a stain like a wound. Burke. | 44 |
| The honors of this world are the principles of virtue. | 45 |
| The man without honor is worse than dead. Don Quixote. | 46 |
| The more danger the more honor. | 47 |
| The surest road to honor is to deserve it. London Truth. | 48 |
| They who deserve honor fail of it and they who obtain it do not deserve it. German. | 49 |
| What is life without honor? degradation is worse than death. Stonewall Jackson. | 50 |
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| Where honor ceases, knowledge decreases. | 51 |
| Where honor grows a span, folly grows an ell. German. | 52 |
| Where law lacks, honor should eke it out. Danish. | 53 |
| Where there is no honor there’s no dishonor. Portuguese. | 54 |
| Where there is no shame there’s no honor. German, Dutch. | 55 |
| Who will grow old with honor must begin early. German. | 56 |
| With honor in store what would you have more. Dutch. | 57 |
| You can only pass into the temple of honor through the temple of virtue. Turkish Spy. | 58 |
| Your father’s honor is to you but a second hand honor. | 59 |
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