5. _signs_ by which we know our own _power_, are those _actions_ which proceed from the same; and the signs by which _other men_ know it, are such _actions_, _gesture_, _countenance_ and _speech_, as usually such powers produce: and the _acknowledgment_ of power is called _honour_; and to honour a man inwardly, is to conceive or acknowledge that that man hath the odds or excess of that power above him with whom he contendeth or compareth himself. And honourable are those signs for which one man acknowledgeth power or excess above his concurrent in another: as for example, _beauty_ of person, consisting in a lively aspect of the countenance, and other _signs_ of _natural heat_, are honourable, being signs precedent of power _generative_, and much issue; as also, general reputation among those of the other sex, because signs consequent of the same. And actions proceeding from _strength of body_, and open force, are honourable, as signs consequent of power _motive_, such as are victory in battle or duel; _a d’avoir tué son homme_. Also to adventure upon great exploits and danger, as being a sign consequent of opinion of our own strength, and that opinion a sign of the strength itself. And to teach or persuade are honourable, because they be signs of _knowledge_. And riches are honourable; as signs of the power that acquired them: and gifts, cost, and magnificence of houses, apparel, and the like, are honourable, as signs of riches. And _nobility_ is honourable by reflection, as a sign of power in the ancestors: and _authority_, because a sign of the strength, wisdom, favour or riches by which it is attained. And _good fortune_ or casual prosperity is honourable, because a sign of the favour of God, to whom is to be ascribed all that cometh to us by fortune, no less than that we attain unto by industry. And the contraries and defects of these signs are dishonourable; and according to the signs of honour and dishonour, so we estimate and make the value or worth of a man: for so much worth is every thing, as a man will give for the use of all it can do. [Sidenote: Signs of honour.] 6. The _signs_ of _honour_ are those by which we perceive that one man acknowledgeth the power and worth of another; such as these, to _praise_, to _magnify_, to _bless_, to call happy, to pray or supplicate to, to thank, to offer unto or present, to obey, to hearken unto with attention, to speak to with consideration, to approach unto in decent manner, to keep distance from, to give way to, and the like, which are the honour the inferior giveth to the superior.