Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

荣誉的头衔就像硬币上的印痕，不能增加金银的价值，只能使铜流通。

-- Laurence Sterne 劳伦斯·斯特恩