My guilt is all I have left. If I lose it, I have stood for nothing, done nothing, been nothing.

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

You only have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power—he's free again.

If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything

They had nothing to lose,

And then it started, like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons.