“The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted”

“I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.”

“The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth”

“Never trust the artist. Trust the tale”

“It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.”

“Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age”