Honest Quotes

Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.

It pays to be honest, but it’s slow pay.

I hope I shall always posses firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man.

While it pays to be honest you are often a long time collecting.

To be honest, one must be inconsistent.

If you truly want honesty, don’t ask questions you don’t really want the answer to.

“Honesty is the best policy,” but he who acts on that principle is not an honest man.

It is not a sin to sell dear, but it is to make ill measure.

He’s an honest man – you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.

He is not an honest man who has burned his tongue and does not tell the company that the soup is hot.