Plain spoken people get most of the recognition because folks are afraid of them.

If some people didn't tell you, you'd never know they'd been away on a vacation

Honesty pays, but it don't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

I'll say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that's more than I can say for prosperity

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.