Suspicion

"A person does not incur suspicion unless he has done the thing; and if he has not done it wholly he has done it partly; and if he has not done it partly, he has a mind to do it; and if he has not had a mind to do it, he has seen others doing it and enjoyed"

"Julius Cæsar 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."

"Quoth Sidrophel, If you suppose, Sir Knight, that I am one of those, I might suspect, and take th alarm, Your busness is but to inform; But if it be, tis neer the near, You have a wrong sow by the ear."

"O you who believe! Avoid many suspicions, for indeed, some suspicions are sinful. And do not spy, nor backbite one another. Would any of you like to eat the flesh of their dead brother? You would despise that! And fear God. Surely, God is the Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful."

"All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye."

"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."

"All is not well; I doubt some foul play."

"Multorum te etiam oculi et aures non sentientem, sicuti adhuc fecerunt, speculabuntur atque custodient."

"Cautus enim metuit foveam lupus, accipiterque Suspectos laqueos, et opertum milvius hamum."

"Que diable alloit-il faire dans cette galère?"

"Argwohnen folgt auf Misstrauen."

"Ad tristem partem strenua est suspicio."