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Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion follows close on mistrust.
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and read more
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt
All is not well.
I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!
Till then sit read more
All is not well.
I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!
Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise,
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and read more
Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose,
Sir Knight, that I am one of those,
I might suspect, and take th' alarm,
You bus'ness is but to inform;
But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near,
You have a wrong sow by the ear.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself.
A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself.
Would he were fatter! But I fear him not.
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
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Would he were fatter! But I fear him not.
Yet if my name were liable to fear,
I do not know the man I should avoid
So soon as that spare Cassius.