A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
We can be of little service to our fellows until we become disillusioned without being embittered.
The law of England is a very strange one; it cannot compel anyone to tell the truth. . . . But what the law can do is to give you seven years for not telling the truth.
Much truth is spoken, that more may be concealed.
Perjury is often bold and open. It is truth that is shamefaced - as, indeed, in many cases is no more than decent.