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

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

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

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

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

It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.

When the choice is to be right or to be kind, always make the choice that brings peace

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

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

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

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

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.