Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Honesty
Honesty iz like a 7 per cent. interest; it will beat all kind of speckerlashuns in the long run.
—Josh Billings
Honesty
Is like a stock of money laid to sleep,
Which, ne’er so little broke, does never keep.
—Cyril Tourneur