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It is a maxim to me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.

And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.

To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me.

A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.

For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.

I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.

Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

Reputation is but a synonyme of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Reputations, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.

That man is thought a dangerous knave, Or zealot plotting crime, Who for advancement of his kind Is wiser than his time.

How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!

To be pointed out with the finger.

In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At every word a reputation dies.

The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear.

I have offended reputation, A most unnoble swerving.

I see my reputation is at stake; My fame is shrewdly gored.

O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving.