Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Reputation
Reputation, like beavers and cloaks, shall last some people twice the time of others.
—Douglas Jerrold
The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.
—French Proverb
Reputation, like other mistresses, is never true to a man in his absence.
—William Wycherley