Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one rascal less in the world.  Thomas Carlyle     Ay sir; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.  Shakespeare     Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.  Thomas Middleton     Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.  Richard Bach     Honesty that comes out unscathed from the fiery ordeal of temptation is like unto gold that is purified by fire.  Zarathushtra