Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, nothing is so expensive as glory

The most curious offspring of shame is shyness.

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame, they do die like men, thus making possible the manly jubilation of patriotic holidays. But they are murdered children all the same.

Glory built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt