It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one

A historian who would convey the truth has got to lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.

You can't pray a lie--I found that out.

Moralists and philosophers have adjudged those who throw temptation in the way of the erring, equally guilty with those who are thereby led into evil

I intend to judge things for myself; to judge wrongly, I think, is more honorable than not to judge at all.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it