"We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them"

"I must confess, I was born at a very early age"

"Confess your sins to the Lord and you will be forgiven; confess them to man and you will be laughed at"

"Confess and be hanged"

"It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury"

"The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart"

"I confess it is beyond our power to awaken the heart, but ordinarily this way does good"

"Torture numbers, and they'll confess to anything"

"I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps"

"I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know"

"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession"