Quotes About Honesty

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Never believe extraordinary characters which you hear of people. Depend upon it, they are exaggerated. You do not see one man shoot a great deal higher than another.

Men who cannot deceive others are very often successful at deceiving themselves.

Rakes are more suspicious than honest men.

No man easily admits that he is afraid.

Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

Every honest man will suppose honest acts to flow from honest principles, and the rogues may rail without intermission.

Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is.

No flattery, boy! an honest man cannot live by it; it is a little, sneaking art, which knaves use to cajole and soften fools withal.

I'd rather get bad news from an honest man than lies from a flatterer.

Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!

Maidens hearts are always soft: Would that men's were truer!

Every true man's apparel fits your thief.

There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old.

O, Men's vows are women's traitors! All good seeming, By thy revolt, O husband, shall be thought Put on for villainy, not born where't grows, But worn a bait for ladies.

By God, I cannot flatter, I do defy The tongues of soothers! but a braver place In my heart's love hath no man than yourself. Nay, task me to my word; approve me, lord.

It is wonderful how well men can keep secrets they have not been told.

No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.

Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.

Why would a man need both a wife and a mistress? A smart man would seek out and fall in love with a woman who can play both.

You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did.

The weight of great power crushes the goodness of the man who rules and the honesty of those who are ruled.

I like a man who can come out and say he's nervous on the first date. I think that would be really cute.