I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.