Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

So vile a thing is a lie that even if it spoke fairly of God it would take away somewhat from His divinity; and so excellent a thing is truth that if it praises the humblest things they are exalted.

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.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

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

This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly.