Such truth as opposeth no man's profit nor pleasure is to all men welcome.

As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.

One point is certain, that truth is one and immutable; until the jurors all agree, they cannot all be right.

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

It profits not me to have any man fence or fight for me, to flourish or take a side. Stand for truth and 'tis enough.

Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use.

What the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth.