“The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation”
John Adams
“Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.”
Thomas Paine
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
George Washington
“What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.”
Liz Carpenter
“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”
Oscar Wilde
“This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment”
Katherine Mansfield
“No man can understand why a woman shouldn't prefer a good reputation to a good time.”
Helen Rowland
