Dare to be true: nothing can need a lie: A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
~ George Herbert

With lies you may get ahead in the world - but you can never go back.
~ Russian proverb

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
~ Josh Billings

The hardest tumble a man can make is to fall over his own bluff.
~ Ambrose Bierce

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.
~ Edgar J. Mohn

When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.
~ Bill Copeland

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.
~ Mark Twain

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.
~ Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911

A lie may take care of the present, but it has no future.
~ Author Unknown