For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe… Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

—Henry Stimson

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The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

—Henry Stimson

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It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.

—Henry L. Stimson

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough.

—Graham Greene

In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.

—Frank Herbert

Anyone who goes through life trusting people without making sure they are worthy of trust is a fool. Yet there are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.