The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.

The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.

Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.