Samuel Johnson Quotes on Trust
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
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Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight.
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But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.