As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.
Suicide is cheating the doctor out of job.
Silence never makes any blunders.
Most men had rather say a smart thing than do a good one. John P. Kotter, Leading Change.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess.
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.