| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Nickname |
| | | Names alone mock destruction; they survive the doom of all creation. H. Trevanion. | 1 |
| A nickname is the heaviest stone the devil can throw at a man. Anonymous. | 2 |
| A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever. Zimmermann. | 3 |
| Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive. Haliburton. | 4 |
| There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of. Hesiodus. | 5 | | |
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