“I don't believe in speaking ill of the dead, even when it's the truth.”
“The rule is, don't speak of the dead, not don't speak ill of the dead's terrible relatives.”
“A Latin phrase says: De mortuis nil nisi bonum, Speak no ill of the dead. But it is better to say this way: Speak the truth of the living and speak the truth of the dead!”
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.”
“When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”
“Neither do I -- to speak truth. But I suppose there might be good in things, even if we don't see it.”