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| A bad wound may be cured, bad repute kills. Spanish. | 1 |
| A good name covers theft. German. | 2 |
| A good name is a rich inheritance. German. | 3 |
| A good name is a second inheritance. German. | 4 |
| A good name is better than a golden girdle. French. | 5 |
| A good name is better than precious ointment. Bible. | 6 |
| A good name is better than riches. Bible. | 7 |
| A good name keeps its lustre in the dark. | 8 |
| A good reputation is a fair estate. | 9 |
| A great reputation is a great charge. | 10 |
| A good name is sooner tint than won. | 11 |
| A man had better die than lose his good name. Turkish. | 12 |
| A man’s character reaches town before his person. Danish. | 13 |
| A splendid reputation is not amongst the necessaries of life. Dr. Johnson. | 14 |
| A wounded reputation is seldom cured. | 15 |
| Beware of him who regards not his reputation. | 16 |
Good name in man or woman
Is the immediate jewel of their soul. Shakespeare. | 17 |
| Good repute is better than a golden belt. French. | 18 |
| Good repute is like the cypress, once cut it never puts forth leaf again. Italian. | 19 |
| He deserves no man’s good word of whom all men speak well. Arabian. | 20 |
| He that regardeth not his reputation despiseth virtue. | 21 |
| He who hath lost his reputation is a dead man among the living. Spanish. | 22 |
| He who hath lost his good name how shall he in the future earn his living. Latin. | 23 |
| He is born in a good hour who gets a good name. | 24 |
| How difficult it is to save the bark of reputation from the rocks of ignorance. Petrarch. | 25 |
| If one’s name be up he may lie abed. | 26 |
| It is better to lose an eye than one’s reputation. Turkish. | 27 |
| It takes a lifetime to build up a good reputation; it may be lost in a moment. | 28 |
| Let every man strive to add a good name to his other capital. | 29 |
| No ruins are so irreparable as those of reputation. | 30 |
| One man may steal a horse, and another may not look over the hedge. | 31 |
| Our reputation for wisdom depends much on our success. Euripides. | 32 |
| Reputation is commonly measured by the acre. | 33 |
| Reputation is often got without merit and lost without fault. | 34 |
| Reputation serves to virtue as light does to a picture. | 35 |
| Repute hangs a man. French. | 36 |
| Take away my good name, take away my life. | 37 |
| The first step to a good name is a good life, the next is good behavior. | 38 |
The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation. Shakespeare. | 39 |
| The reputation of a man depends on the first steps he makes in the world. Pope. | 40 |
| There is no reputation so clear but a slanderer may stain it. | 41 |
| When his name is up he may lie abed. Spectator. | 42 |
| When your name is up you may lie abed till noon. | 43 |
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