The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
The wicked work harder to preach hell than the righteous do to get to heaven.
There are two sorts of hypocrites; ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others; those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and talk much of free grace; but at the same time make righteousness of their discoveries, and of their humiliation, and exalt themselves to heaven with them.
We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.
What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.
When you see a great deal of religion displayed in his shop window, you may depend on it, that he keeps a very small stock of it within.
With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
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