R. A. Salvatore Quotes

Honor's a thing too subtle for wisdom; if honor lie in eating, he's right honorable.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Smears are not only to be expected but fought. Honor is to be earned, not bought.

It would be an egregious mistake to ever refer to me in the same breath as most of the people I write about.

The only shame is to have none.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

Any person of honor chooses rather to lose his honor than to lose his conscience.

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

A fool may sometimes give a wise man counsel

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savor; so too does a little folly for a person of wisdom and honor.

You can't depend on the kind of folks people think they are - you've got to go by what they do. And I wouldn't give much for a man that some folks hadn't thought was a fool, in his time.