Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate. Wilhelm Stekel
It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity. Russell Lynes
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. James Fenimore Cooper
Enough candor! Now some flattery, if you please. Mason Cooley