Quotes About Caution

similar to that which Macbeth had towards murdering people – initial doubts, followed by cautious enthusiasm and then greater and greater alarm at the sheer scale of the undertaking and still no end in sight.

Arthur paused, warily. "You going to ask

Unhappy endings are just as important as happy endings. They're an efficient way of transmitting vital Darwinian information. Your brain needs them to make maps of the world, maps that let you know what sorts of people and situations to avoid.

D'Agosta had long ago learned, when working with Pendergast, to never get caught without two things: a gun and a flashlight.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Better to be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

Every tale is not to be believed.

Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

They that know how to suspect, without exposing or hurting themselves, till honesty comes to be more in fashion, can never suspect too much.

Harm seek, harm find.

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.

Then one day there really was a wolf, but when the boy shouted they didn't believe him.

While I see many hoof-marks going in, I see none coming out…. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

The lamb… began to follow the Wolf in the Sheep's clothing.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

When you find that people are not telling you the truth---look out!