HONESTY
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.—CARLYLE
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I ever loved to see everything upon the square.—CERVANTES, Don Quixote
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A few honest men are better than numbers. If you choose godly, honest men to be captains of horse, honest men will follow them.—CROMWELL, Reorganization of the Army
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You are an honest man, you say. I pray, sir, was you ever tried? Have you seen yourself, wife, and dear children ready to perish for food, and having your neighbor's loaf in your cupboard, or his money in your hands, for 'tis all one, refused to touch it, and let them starve rather than taste it, because it was none of your own?—DEFOE
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An honest man, like the true religion, appeals to the understanding, or modestly confides in the internal evidence of his conscience. The imposter employs force instead of argument, imposes silence where he cannot convince, and propagates his character by the sword.—JUNIUS
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Honesty is praised and starves.—JUVENAL
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A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod;
An honest man's the noblest work of God.—POPE, Essay on Man
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Honest men never have the love of a rogue.—Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy.—Proverb
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A man never surfeits of too much honesty.—Proverb
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A good honest man, now-adays, is but a civil word for a fool.—Proverb
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No legacy is so rich as honesty.—SHAKESPEARE, All's Well that Ends Well
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Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.—SHAKESPEARE, As You Like It
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To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
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You lie in your throat if you say I am other than an honest man.—SHAKESPEARE, Henry IV
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As upright as the cedar.—SHAKESPEARE, Love's Labour's Lost
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An honest, exceeding poor man.—SHAKESPEARE, The Merchant of Venice
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I thank God, I am as honest as any man living, that is an old man and no honester than I.—SHAKESPEARE, Much Ado About Nothing
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