"Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose, Sir Knight, that I am one of those, I might suspect, and take th' alarm, You bus'ness is but to inform; But if it be, 'tis ne'er the near, You have a wrong sow by the ear." —Samuel Butler on Suspicion
"Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already. " —Cicero on Suspicion
"The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook. " —Horace on Suspicion
"Suspicion follows close on mistrust. " —Ephraim Gotthold Lessing on Suspicion
"What the devil was he doing in this galley? " —Jean Baptiste Poquelin on Suspicion
"As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury done to his bed. He only said, "He had divorced Pompeia because the wife of Caesar ought not only to be clear of such a crime, but of the very suspicion of it."" —Plutarch on Suspicion
"Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion."" —Plutarch on Suspicion
"All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye." —Alexander Pope on Suspicion
"Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage. " —Jean Baptiste Racine on Suspicion
"All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come! Till then sit still, my soul.
Foul deeds will rise, Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes." —William Shakespeare on Suspicion
"Would he were fatter! But I fear him not. Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius." —William Shakespeare on Suspicion
"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; The thief doth fear each bush an officer." —William Shakespeare on Suspicion
"The losing side is full of suspicion. " —Syrus on Suspicion
"All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected. " —Terence on Suspicion
"To be suspicious is not a fault. To be suspicious all the time without coming to a conclusion is the defect." —Terence on Suspicion
"Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious." —B C Forbes on Suspicion
"I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment walking in its sleep." —Zora Neale Hurston on Suspicion
"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion." —Demosthenes on Suspicion
"There is no rule more invariable than that we are paid for our suspicions by finding what we suspect." —Henry David Thoreau on Suspicion
"He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt." —Samuel Johnson on Suspicion
"Suspicion follows close on mistrust." —Gotthold Lessing on Suspicion
"Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness." —Hosea Ballou on Suspicion
"Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society." —Thomas Payne on Suspicion
"The less we know the more we suspect." —Josh Billings on Suspicion
"A woman of honor should not expect of others things she would not do herself." —Marguerite De Valois on Suspicion
"We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect." —Henry David Thoreau on Suspicion
"The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons." —Ralph Waldo Emerson on Suspicion
"Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated." —Abraham Lincoln on Suspicion
