An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not.
“I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.”
“Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.”
“Is not the truth the truth?”
“When I make a mistake everyone can see it, but not when I lie.”
“A good man will not lie, although it be for his profit.”
“A resolution never to deceive exposes a man to be often deceived.”
“Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.”
“He may live in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance.”
“Pity the man who has a character to support - it is worse than a large family - he is silent poor indeed.”