Truth

The only true gift is a portion of yourself

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Faith: not wanting to know what is true

A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home

There is no sincerer love than the love of food

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination

Wisdom is found only in truth

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise

Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false

“The course of true love never did run smooth.

The truest end of life, is to know the life that never ends

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences

When I tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do.