Female Honor Quotes

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

The world's male chivalry has perished out, but women are knights-errant to the last; and, if Cervantes had been greater still, he had made his Don a Donna.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

A woman's character is as delicate as her eye; it can bear no flaw.

Every virtuous woman desires a husband to whom she can look for guidance and protection through this world. God has placed this desire in woman's nature. It should be respected by the stronger sex. Any man who takes advantage of this, and humbles a daughter of Eve to rob her of her virtue, and cast her off dishonored and defiled, is her destroyer, and is responsible to God for the deed.

The reputation of a woman is like glass; once cracked, it cannot be repaired.

Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

The chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of-man.

The reputation of a woman may also be compared to a mirror of crystal, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.