Love Truth But Pardon Error

“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”

“With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.”

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters

“The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.”

“A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.”