Wariness Quotes

I appreciate my instincts, but my instincts can be dead wrong. Circumspection can give you time.

I trust no one, not even myself.

Man is not man, but a wolf to those he does not know.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

It is important not to trust people too much.

My last words to you, my son and successor, are: Never trust the Russians!

I like to be with my back against the wall in dangerous situations.

When a man comes to me and tries to convince me that he is not a thief, then I take care of my coppers.

Only the paranoid survive.

it is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.

It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

Never trust anyone under one hundred!

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

I think that, in comparison, New Yorkers and Northerners are so guarded.

I won't jump two-footed into something without really thinking about it.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

The way to feel safe is never to feel secure.

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

I have reason to be shy. I've been hurt plenty.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.