"Reputation is like fine china: Once broken..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he cannot make a speech.”

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”

“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

“What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.”

“How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.”

“It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.”

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.”

“It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.”

“If you shamefully misuse a cat once she will always maintain a dignified reserve toward you afterward. You will never get her full confidence again.”