| Lies get people into trouble, but honesty is its own defense. |
| Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain. |
| No legacy is so rich as honesty. |
| An honest man's the noblest work of God. |
| An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues. |
| When folks find I ain't afeard to speak my mind on their affairs, they kinder guess I'm tellin' the truth about my own. |
| I will be honest if only to differ from my neighbors. |
| The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity. |
| A man who is as honest as the day is long often needs watching at night. |
| A few honest men are better than numbers. |