Lying rides upon debt’s back.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the highest return.
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Buy what thou hast no Need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
The truth is that there is nothing noble in being superior to somebody else. The only real nobility is in being superior to your former self.
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.
There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
The honest truth is that every day was new, every day was a challenge, every day was starting from a fresh place, and as time went on, over the course of about two years, things became better and better. But I dont think that there was for me anything like, Ah, this is taking too long, because long didnt exist. So I see it as a blessing. I have to laugh. I mean theres no other way to look at it.
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
When in doubt tell the truth.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.
