Verses proverbial

Honesty is the best policy...

not the sexiest stuff, though...

With it, your next step, you'll better see.

Without it, your next whim, you never know.

With honesty you will see for sure,

if a good match has honesty in store.

Without it, all your possible doubt,

as correct, often will turn out.

Cunning may bring an extra little pile,

but that isn't all that there is to life.

A cunning couple's tempers are vile,

apt to amount to ugly strife.