How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

Never apologise for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologise for the truth.

Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.

I AM IGNORANT of absolute truth. But I am humble before my ignorance and therein lies my honor and my reward.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Adversity is the first path to truth.

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world.

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.