Joyous distrust is a sign of health. Everything absolute belongs to pathology.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity nor conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it.

The one man to distrust, however, is the man who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. He is either a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial.

Never let anybody guess that you have a mind of your own. Above all be pure

Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.

The true confidence which is faith in Christ, and the true diffidence which is utter distrust of myself — are identical.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

that he that is strong hates no man, is angry with no man, envies no man, is indignant with no man, despises no man, and least of all things is proud.

My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.

The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.

Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.

On the mind of an adversary one never makes the faintest impression.

Ah! there is naught more serviceable to mankind than a prudent distrust.