Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.

Remember that time -- the insane mistrust, not just for people but between countries.

One begins to mistrust very clever people when they become embarrassed

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.