Careful Words

honesty (n.)

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,

For I am arm'd so strong in honesty

That they pass by me as the idle wind,

Which I respect not.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee;

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace,

To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not:

Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's,

Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell,

Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.

  Rich honesty dwells like a miser, sir, in a poor house; as your pearl in your foul oyster.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.

Every man has his fault, and honesty is his.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Timon of Athens. Act iii. Sc. 1.

  Honesty is the best policy.

Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616): Don Quixote. Part ii. Chap. xxxiii.

  There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): All's Well that Ends Well. Act iii. Sc. 5.

  There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.

  Party honesty is party expediency.

Grover Cleveland (1837-1908): Interview in New York Commercial Advertiser, Sept. 19, 1889.

  The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in the felicity of lighting on good education.

Plutarch (46(?)-120(?) a d): Of the Training of Children.