Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people.

Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair.

Falseness often lurks beneath fair hair.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no read more

This budget is like an Enron budget -- smoke the numbers, cook the books, hide the truth and hope no one finds out.

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us read more

Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.