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

Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler.

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

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.

Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.

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

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.

Man is always prey to his truths. Once he has admitted them, he cannot free himself from them.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

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

The past is but the beginning of a beginning, and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn.

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

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

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

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

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.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist