You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but...
Tell the truth work hard and come to dinner on time.
In this connection faith and experience teach us many truths by means of the short-cut of authority and by the proofs of very pleasant and agreeable feelings.
