Quotes about Trust

When things lay claim to our trust—to lay them bare and see how pointless they are, to strip away the legend that encrusts them.

What art and profession soever thou hast learned, endeavour to affect it, and comfort thyself in it; and pass the remainder of thy life as one who from his whole heart commits himself and whatsoever belongs unto him, unto the gods: and as for men, carry not thyself either tyrannically or servilely towards any.

There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship.

Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.

n the face of a true friend a man sees as it were a second self......

Honesty is the best policy

By telling you anything at all I'm at least believing in you, I believe you're there, I believe you into being.

Nevertheless, blood is thicker than water, as anyone knows who has tasted both.

Still, I wanted to believe; indeed I longed to; and, in the end, how much of belief comes from longing?

She said love was useless, because it led you into dumb exchanges in which you gave too much away, and then you got bitter and mean.