“Remember: The best deceivers do everything they can to cloak their roguish qualities. They cultivate an air of honesty in one area to disguise their dishonesty in others. Honesty is merely another decoy in their arsenal of weapons.”

“Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.”

“Honesty and loyalty work in collaboration with each other; therefore, where you find dishonesty, lives disloyalty.”

“Honesty and trust are promoted, and good neighborliness cultivated.”

“Unfortunately there was one thing that the white South feared more than Negro dishonesty, ignorance, and incompetency, and that was Negro honesty, knowledge, and efficiency.”

“Honesty in principle was one thing. In someone’s face, it was another.”

“Honesty is the best policy.”

“Honesty is, honestly, the best policy,” said Saracen. “But when honesty doesn’t work, lie, and lie convincingly.”

“Honesty: The best of all the lost arts.”

“The best capital in the world, Mariana, is honesty.”