SINCERITY.
Men should be what they seem;
Or those that be not, would they might seem none!
Othello, Act iii. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!
Sonnet LIV. SHAKESPEARE.
O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil.
King Henry IV. Pt. I. Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
His words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,
His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,
His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,
His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act ii. Sc. 7. SHAKESPEARE.
An honest tale speeds best being plainly told.
King Richard III., Act iv. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE.
Were there no heaven nor hell
I should be honest.
Duchess of Malfi, Act i. Sc. 1. J. WEBSTER.