“Honesty is the best policy because there can be nothing less.”
“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”
“Honesty is the best policy.”
“Honesty's the best policy.”
“Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.”
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.”