Quotes About Caution

It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.

Mistrust all men, and slay him whom thou mistrustest overmuch; and as for women, flee from them, for they are evil, and in the end will destroy thee.

Never trust a man who carries a handkerchief, I always say. One of many prejudicial rules of thumb.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

My old man was a walking, talking master class. But in the end, the main thing I learned—the best thing—was never to bring a knife to a gunfight.

Be careful not to drown in a mirage.

Look both ways before entering the insanity.

A few days earlier, as Steve stepped off a dinghy, his boot had gotten tangled in a rope. "Watch out for that rope," I said. He shot me a look that said, I've just caught forty-nine crocodiles in three weeks, and you're thinking I'm going to fall over a rope? I laughed sheepishly. It seemed absurd to caution Steve about being careful.

If it is true that we need a degree of certainty to get by, it is also true that too much of the stuff can be lethal.

Be Safe: Be Suspicious Suspicion Breeds Confidence Don't suspect a friend, report him

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

One of the universal rules of happiness is: always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Gacy came out with Gray and walked up to the officers. They had to meet Stevens at Di Leo's, a restaurant on Chicago's Northwest Side. Did the officers mind if Gray drove? They didn't, but they advised the youth to use caution. It

The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.

Careful what you tell people.

Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need.

Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.

P]erhaps in this case, as often, the most courageous resolution might have been at the same time the most prudent

It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object.

I am for such a League [of Nations] provided we don't expect too much from it. . . . I am not willing to play the pan which even Aesop held up to derision when he wrote of how the wolves and the sheep agreed to disarm, and how the sheep as a guarantee of good faith sent away the watchdogs, and were then forthwith eaten by the wolves.

We dread war; but we follow Washington and Lincoln in dreading some things worse than war. Therefore we desire to prepare against war.

We must not trust every word of others or feeling within ourselves, but cautiously and patiently try the matter, whether it be of God.

The best course to prevent falling into the pit is to keep at the greatest distance from it; he who will be so bold as to attempt to dance upon the brink of the pit, may find by woeful experience that it is a righteous thing with God that he should fall into the pit.

I've got a computer, but I won't go near it.