Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
The reputation of a woman is like glass; once cracked, it cannot be repaired.
A good impression is lost so quickly.
Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.
The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
Garments that have once one rent in them are subject to be torn on every nail, and glasses that are once cracked are soon broken; such is man's good name once tainted with just reproach.
It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.
The serious people who took him seriously never felt quite sure of his deportment; they were somehow aware that trusting their reputations for judgment with him was like furnishing a nursery with egg-shell china.
