Quotes About Caution

Sudden acquaintance brings repentance.

Put all thine eggs in one basket and - watch that basket.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.

Never build after you are five and forty; have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick; and always calculate the expense at double the estimate.

Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge.

The wife of a careless man is almost a widow.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Little boats should keep near shore.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

Drink nothing without seeing it, sign nothing without reading it.

It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time.

He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.

He who is afraid of every nettle should not piss in the grass.

Prudence which degenerates into timidity is very seldom the path to safety.

We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic.

Better be too credulous than too skeptical

Danger for danger's sake is senseless.

The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last.

"Will you walk into my parlour?" Said the spider to a fly: '"Tis the prettiest little parlour That ever you did spy."

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relation of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.