Chastity - you can carry it too far.
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead.
I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.
We are all beggars, each in his own way.
In Boston they ask, how much does he know? In New York, how much is he worth? In Philadelphia, who were his parents?
Reputation is a hall-mark: it can remove doubt from pure silver, and it can also make the plated article pass for pure.