Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Here's a confession I hate parenting books. I hate the ones that are earnest and repetitive.
I have a confession I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.
I have a confession to make I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion.
I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews.
I have a confession to make. In the beginning, I did not understand the Kate Moss phenomenon.