Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight

Never trust he who trusts everyone.

I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

I'm not paranoid,I just don't trust people.

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

Excessive distrust is not less hurtfJul than its opposite. Most men become useless to him who is unwilling to risk being deceived.

What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being found out.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

It is important not to trust people too much.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Don't trust everyone, especially if they say, 'Trust me.'

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

I'm a New Yorker. I always have issues with trust - you adopt it from being a New Yorker.

I don't trust nobody, especially when they say something good.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Don't forgive and never forget; Do unto others before they do unto you; and third and most importantly, keep your eye on your friends, because your enemies will take care of themselves!

Emmy, the events we lived through taught me to be sure of nothing about other people. They taught me to expect danger around every corner. They taught me to understand that there are people in this world that mean you harm, And sometimes, they're the people who say they love you.

Like everybody and trust no one.

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.