Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost. – Samuel Butler
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. – Samuel Butler
People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable. – Samuel Butler
Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him. – Samuel Butler