He escaped hemp, but deserved a wooden halter. [ Proverb ]

What hath this day deserved? what hath it done.
That it in golden letters should be set
Among the high tides in the calendar? [ William Shakespeare ]

Who would ever care to do brave deed,
Or strive in virtue others to excel.
If none should yield him his deserved meed
Due praise, that is the spur of doing well?
For if good were not praised more than ill,
None would choose goodness of his own free will. [ Spenser ]

That only is a disgrace to a man which he has deserved to suffer. [ Phaedrus ]

Our heroes of the former days deserved and gained their never-fading bays. [ Roscommon ]

Fame comes only when deserved, and then it is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. [ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ]

Whatever disgrace we may have deserved, it is almost always in our power to reestablish our character. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

Glory is safe when it is deserved; it is not so with popularity; one lasts like a mosaic, the other is effaced like a crayon drawing. [ Boufflers ]