It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.
I suspect that with men like General Petraeus, where honor means something - losing your life is secondary to losing your honor.
Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost.
Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character.
Fondly we think we honor merit then, When we but praise ourselves in other men.
Our own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.
Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.
Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title.
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.