And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

'Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods do.

If I am right, Thy grace impart
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, O, teach my heart
To find that better way!

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.

Ultimate truth is a cover story, underneath lies a LIE.