Othello

by William Shakespeare

She lov’d me for the dangers I had pass’d; And I lov’d her that she did pity them.

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit and lost without deserving: you have lost no reputation at all, unless you repute yourself such a loser.

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; 180 But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed.