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Trust: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore.— WORDSWORTH — Yew-Trees.

This lonely Yew-tree stands Far from all human dwelling.— WORDSWORTH — Lines left upon a Seat

in a Yew-tree.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel.— BACON — Essays. Of Counsel.

Dear, I trusted you As holy men trust God. You could do naught That was not pure and loving,-though the deed Might pierce me unto death.— GEORGE ELIOT — The Spanish Gypsy. Bk. III.

Youth, health, and hope may fade, but there is left A soul that trusts in Heaven. though thus of all bereft.— EMMA CATHERINE EMBURY — Sonnet.

Confidence in Heaven. Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.— EMERSON — Essays. On Prudence.

I too Will cast the spear and leave the rest to Jove.— HOMER — Iliad. Bk. XVII. L. 622.

C. Bryant's trans. If he were To be made honest by an act of parliament I should not alter in my faith of him.— BEN JONSON — The Devil Is an Ass. Act IV. Sc. 1.

Better trust all and be deceived, And weep that trust and that deceiving, Than doubt one heart, that, if believed, Had blessed one's life with true believing.— FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE — Faith.

O holy trust! O endless sense of rest! Like the beloved John To lay his head upon the Saviour's breast, And thus to journey on! LONGFELLOWw-Hymn. St. 5. To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.— GEORGE MACDONALD — The Marquis of Lossie. Ch. IV.

That, in tracing the shade, I shall find out the sun, Trust to me! OWEN MEREDITH (Lord Lytton)- Lucile. Pt. II. Canto VI. St. 15. "Eyes to the blind " Thou art, O God! Earth I no longer see, Yet trustfully my spirit looks to thee.— ALICE BRADLEY NEAL — Blind. Pt. II.

You may trust him in the dark. Roman Proverb Cited by Cicero. I well believe Thou wilt not utter what thou dost not know; And so far will I trust thee.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 3. L. 114.

Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent.— Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing. Act II. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 185.

My life upon her faith!— Shakespeare — Othello. Act I. Sc. 3. L. 295.

TRUST (PUBLIC). TRUST (PUBLIC). All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they are to account for their conduct in that trust to the one great Master, Author, and Founder of society.— BURKE — Reflections on the Revolution in

France. To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.— BURKE — Reflections on the Revolution in

France. Public officers are the servants and agents of the people, to execute laws which the people have made and within the limits of a constitution which they have established.— GROVER CLEVELAND — Letter of

Acceptance as Candidate for Governor. Oct. 7, 1882. See W. O. STODDARD'S Life of Cleveland. Ch. IX. I repeat, *** that all power is a trustthat we are accountable for its exercise.— BENJ. DISRAELI — Vivian Grey. Bk. VI. Ch. VII.

Public office is a public trust, the authority and opportunities of which must be used as absolutely as the public moneys for the public benefit, and not for the purposes of any individual or party.— DORMAN B. EATON — The "Spoils"

System and Civil-Service Reform. Ch. III. The Merit System. It is not fit the public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any till they are first proved and found fit for the business they are to be entrusted with.— MATHEW HENRY — Commentaries.

S. When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property.— THOS. JEFFERSON — See RAYNER'S Life

of Jefferson. P. 356. Public office is a public trust.— DAN. S. LAMONT — Motto of a Campaign

Pamphlet. 1884. The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.— CHAS. SUMNER — Speech in the United

States Senate. May 31, 1872.

No ay memoria à quien el tiempo no acabe, ni dolor que nuerte no le consuma. There is no remembrance which time does not obliterate, nor pain which death does not put an end to.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. III. 1.

La confiance que l'on a en soi fait naître la plus grande partie de celle que l'on a aux autres. The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.— LA ROCHEFOUCAULD — Premier