I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of first introducing it into minds which were ignorant of its charms.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always f…

I have always had such sincere love for truth, that I have often begun by telling stories for the purpose of getting truth to enter the heads of those who coul…

Learn from me that a wise man who has heard a criminal accusation related with so many absurd particulars ceases to be wise when he makes himself the echo of w…

There are three lessons I would write, Three words as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light Upon the hearts of men.

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant - Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased…

Truth does not need to borrow garments from error. (Also translated as: Truth does not need to borrow garments from falsehood.)