"There are thousands and thousands of little untruths that hum and buzz and sting in society, which are too small to be brushed or driven away. They are in the looks, they are in the inflections and tones of the voice, they are in the actions, they are in reflections rather than in direct images that are represented. They are methods of producing impressions that are false, though every means by which they are produced is strictly true. There are little unfairnesses between man and man, that are said to be minor matters and that are small things; there are little unjust judgments and detractions; there are petty violations of conscience; there are ten thousand of these flags of passions in men which are called foibles or weaknesses, but which eat like moths. They take away the temper, they take away magnanimity and generosity, they take from the soul its enamel and its polish. Men palliate and excuse them, but that has nothing to do with their natural effect on us. They waste and destroy us, and that, too, in the soul's silent and hidden parts." HENRY WARD BEECHER. "A lie which is half a truth Is ever the blackest of lies." TENNYSON. Truth JULY 2 "Truth is the great mark at which we ought to aim in all things--truth in thought, truth in expression, truth in work. Those who habitually sacrifice truth in small things will find it difficult to pay her the respect they should do in great things." Lord IDDESLEIGH. "Stand upright, speak thy thought, declare The truth thou hast that all may share. Be bold, proclaim it everywhere, They only live who dare." Sir LEWIS MORRIS. "The mind can only repose upon the stability of truth." Dr. JOHNSON. Truthfulness JULY 3 "Be profoundly honest. Never dare to say ... through ardent excitement or conformity to what you know you are expected to say, one word which at the moment when you say it, you do not believe. It would cut down the range of what you say, perhaps, but it would endow every word that was left with the force of ten." PHILLIPS BROOKS. "Be honest with yourself, whatever the temptation; say nothing to others that you do not think, and play no tricks with your own mind. Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in this world, insincerity is the most dangerous." J. A. FROUDE. "Truthfulness is the foundation of all personal excellence. It exhibits itself in conduct. It is rectitude, truth in action, and shines through every word and deed." SAMUEL SMILES. Accuracy JULY 4 "We always weaken what we exaggerate." LA HARPE.