There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

The first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him.

I will never again command an army in America if we must carry along paid spies. I will banish myself to some foreign country first.

Once suspicion is aroused, everything feeds it.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

It was funny how I could feel all alone and under surveillance at the same time.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Secrets define us, they mark us, they set us apart from all the others. The secrets which we preserve provide a key to who we are, deep down.

We must not always talk in the marketplace of what happens to us in the forest.

Secrecy lies at the very core of power.

If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation.

There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.

Guard more faithfully the secret which is confided to you than the money which is entrusted to your care.