For thus is it written: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches" (Prov.

xxii, 1).

And as St.Augustine tells us in a sermon of his on the life and conduct of the clergy, "He is cruel who, trusting in his conscience, neglects his reputation." Again he says: "Let us provide those things that are good, as the apostle bids us (Rom.

xii, 17), not alone in the eyes of God, but likewise in the eyes of men.

Within himself each one's conscience suffices, but for our own sakes our reputations ought not to be tarnished, but to flourish.