Quotes About Boundaries

People who make some other person part of their job are dangerous.

Never give advice unless asked.

Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.

A cat may look at a king.

Little boats should keep near shore.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but unlike charity, it should end there.

The will to be totally rational is the will to be made out of glass and steel: and to use others as if they were glass and steel.

Logic pervades the world; the limits of the world are also the limits of logic.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

A continued atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

A friend must not be injured, even in jest.

There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but not in visiting them too often.

Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.

Friends are like a pleasant park where you wish to go; while you may enjoy the flowers, you may not eat them.

Friendship is honey, but don't eat it all.

Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls.

Give an inch, he'll take an ell.

Nations, like individuals, have to limit their objectives or take the consequences.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries.

You have to erect a fence and say, "Okay, scale this."

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

When you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone.