Quotes About Caution

The man who wants you to trust him is the one you must fear the most.

Once one becomes a man, he can and must make his own decisions. But I do offer warning. Even a good thing can become destructive if taken to excess.

Never trust a man who tells you good news.

I sense a very large but. " "Funny, because right in front of me, I see a—" "Watch it.

We don't want you along," Vin said. "We don't trust you - and we don't like you.

Funny, isn't it, how so many of our stories start the same way, but have opposing endings? In half, the child ignores her parents, wanders out into the woods, and gets eaten. In the other half she discovers great wonders. There aren't many stories about the kids who say, 'Yes, I shall not go into the forest. I'm glad my parents explained that is where the monsters live.

Be careful what you speak . . . only your thoughts are safe.

Well, best to remain vigilant. It's when everything is calm that you need to be most alert.

Watch out for púcas as you travel, lad," Cody said, shaking my hand. "Could be imitating anything out there." "Once again," Tia said as she settled into the seat in front of me, "those are from Irish mythology, you nitwit.

Keeping him in here is like snuggling up to a bomb, content that it's not going to explode simply because you can still hear it ticking.

In either case, if you come across an explanation of vulnerability that doesn't include setting boundaries or being clear on intentions, proceed with caution. Vulnerability for vulnerability's sake is not effective, useful, or smart.

Keep everyone at a safe distance and always have an exit strategy.

I always think 12 times before saying anything.

É uma ilusão a sabedoria dos velhos. A sabedoria não cresce com a idade. O que cresce é o espírito de cautela. —Talvez a sabedoria seja isso.

If you're going to do something tonight that you'll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.

what danger is there if you don't think of any?)

The more information one has about one's dangers the better.

a prudent archer has always a second bowstring

Who wants to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long one sustained by fear, caution, and perpetual medical surveillance.

Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou wouldst but laugh; but let Ahab beware of Ahab; beware of thyself, old man.

And let me in this place movingly admonish you, ye ship-owners of Nantucket! Beware of enlisting in your vigilant fisheries any lad with lean brow and hollow eye; given to unseasonable meditativeness; and who offers to ship with the Phædon instead of Bowditch in his head. Beware of such an one, I say: your whales must be seen before they can be killed...

I think I learned years ago when I went to Hawaii that you don't bring puka shells back. You've got to be careful of your vacation purchases.