John Dryden Quotes

A blush is the sign which Nature hangs out to show where chastity and honor dwell.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin.

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

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

I call God to witness that as a private person I have done nothing unbeseeming an honest man, nor, as I bear the place of a public man, have I done anything unworthy of my place.

An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Integrity of life is fame's best friend, which nobly, beyond death, shall crown in the end.

The moral character of the Indians was (if I may be allowed the expression) uncontaminated. Their fidelity was perfect, and became proverbial. They were strictly honest; they despised deception and falsehood; and chastity was held in high 'veneration, and a violation of it was considered sacrilege. They were temperate in their desires, moderate in their passions, and candid and honorable in the expression of their sentiments, on every subject of importance

Be honorable yourself if you wish to associate with honorable people

Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.

No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.

I have nothing left but my integrity.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

Speak only that which will bring you honor.

One cannot seek to uphold honor in a being that has none.

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.

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

Goodness is beauty in the best estate.

Elegance is inferior to virtue.