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.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Time is the stuff life is made of.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.
I have such a high regard for the truth that I use it sparingly.
Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth.
If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.
Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
History is strewn thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill, but a lie, well told, is immortal.
The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I’m looking for the truth, and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless.
There are only two ways of telling the complete truth–anonymously and posthumously.
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn’t.
