I am a democrat only on principle, not by instinct - nobody is that. Doubtless some people say they are, but this world is grievously given to lying.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling.

There are people who exaggerate so much that they can't tell the truth without lying.

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.

For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness