An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character — not wealth or power or position — is of supreme worth.

It's not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath

A man does not speak a lie to his son,” he said. “Remember that always. To say My father told me is to swear the greatest oath

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then — he needn't hope to find himself again.

It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.

A word of honour, an oath, is one only for him whom I entitle to receive it; he who forces me to it obtains only a forced, a hostile word, the word of a foe, whom one has no right to trust; for the foe does not give us the right.

A word in earnest is as good as a speech.

A promise is a promise, or as Nightingale put it, “either your word is good or it’s worthless.”

If a man who makes to another person, upon a solemn occasion, an assertion, upon which that person acts, he lies under an obligation to make good his assertion.

Words must be backed by deeds.

You know that color does not matter to me. I want to know other things about a man. Is his word good? Does he meet his obligations? Does he do honest work? Is he brave? Will he stand up and be counted?

A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.

Men are men, vows are words, and words are wind.