Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we can never return.

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords; On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

Praising an honest person who doesn't deserve it, always wounds them.

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.