A liar would be brave toward God, while he is a coward toward men; for a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.
Michel de MontaigneAfter a tongue has once got the knack of lying, it is not to be imagined how impossible almost it is to reclaim it. Whence it comes to pass, that we see some men, who are otherwise very honest, so subject to this vice.
Michel de Montaigne