Whenever a man is known to seek promotion by intrigue, by temporizing, or by resorting to the haunts of vulgarity and vice for support, it may be inferred, with moral certainty, that he is not a man of real respectability, nor is he entitled to public confidence.
I am always afraid of a fool. One cannot be sure that he is not a knave as well.
They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
And after all this time that you still owe, you're still a good-for nothing I don't know.
I think it would be ridiculous to work with Tom Hardy. I hear some crazy things about him, and he's also really good.
... a bird of questionable moral character.
Franklin was opposed to declaring the eagle as the national bird.
I don't trust you with my shoe; I wouldn't trust you with an old pair of socks.
He..." Richard began. "The marquis. Well, you know, to be honest, he seems a little bit dodgy to me." Door stopped. The steps dead-ended in a rough brick wall. "Mm," she agreed. "He's a little bit dodgy in the same way that rats are a little bit covered in fur.
I have the greatest aversion to being a candidate on a ticket with a man whose record as an upright public man is to be in question--to be defended from the beginning to the end.
I wouldn't trust you with a bucket of water if my knickers were on fire!
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears.
They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good.
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe.]
My colleague Ross Douthat wrote that any time you give Donald Trump the benefit of the doubt, he always lets you down.