 Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferiors, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are. Author: Henry Alford |
| Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. Author: Hosea Ballou |
| An unjust acquisition is like a barbed arrow, which must be drawn backward with horrible anguish, or else will be your destruction. Author: Jeremy Taylor |
| Honest policy is a good friend, both to our safety and to our usefulness. The serpent's head may well become a good Christian's body, especially if it have a dove's eye in it. Author: Matthew Henry |
| Thou oughtest to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Cheat me in the price but not in the goods. Author: Thomas Fuller |
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| He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| If I have made an appointment with you, I owe you punctuality, I have no right to throw away your time, if I do my own. Author: Richard Cecil |
| An honest heart seeks to please God in all things and offend Him in none. Author: A.W. Pink |
| An honest heart is open to the Word. Author: A.W. Pink |
