“I never lie unless it is absolutely necessary. Or convenient.”

“Please don't lie to me, unless, you're sure I'll never find out the truth.”

“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”

“I never lie, even to this day. Not even a little. Unless you count playing pranks on people, which I don't. That's comedy. Entertainment doesn't count. A joke is different from a lie, even if the difference is kind of subtle.”

“As I was a stranger to all the lower country, I thought it absolutely necessary for me to come for ward. A thorough knowledge of the country is not easily obtained; such a one, at least, as is necessary to fix upon the most eligible position for forming a camp. The security of the army, the ease and convenience of the troops, as well as to perform the du ties of my office with a degree of reputation, all conspired to make me wish to fix upon the properest ground for the purpose. This it was impossible for me to do, unless I came on before the troops. And I must confess I saw no objection, as your Excellency had wrote me nothing to the contrary, and what I wrote naturally led to such a measure.”

“I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it.”

“Love is never convenient-and rarely painless”

“It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.”

“All I wanted to do was lie in the dry grass with my feet in a ditch forever. I could be a convenient sort of milemarker, I thought. Get to the thief and you know you're halfway to Methana.”

“A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt as dangerous.”