“...Other women I can flatter and praise – but to you, I must tell the truth...”
“I am surrounded by flatterers and fools. It can drive a man to madness,.. . Half of them don’t dare tell me the truth, and the other half can’t find it.”
“Listen to me. I will tell you the truth about a man's life. I will tell you the truth about his love for women.”
“The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.”
“Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.”
“The bards sing of love, they celebrate slaughter, they extol kings and flatter queens, but were I a poet I would write in praise of friendship.”