Quotes About Caution

The cautious seldom err.

Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

Listen to all that you can – then, if you forget the deficiencies and speak about the rest cautiously, you avoid trouble. See all that you can – then, if you forget the perilous and act upon the rest cautiously, you'll avoid regret. In speech avoid trouble, in action avoid regret – then rewards will come of themselves.

cautiously, you avoid trouble. See all that you can – then, if you forget the perilous and

An intelligent lady, a little too mature for recklessness, a little too young for caution.

I couldn't trust you with it. To do something with it. I don't want anybody talking about me. To say where I was or what I said when I was there. I mean, you could talk about me maybe. But nobody could say that it was me. I could be anybody. I think in times like these the less said the better. If something had happened and we were survivors and we met on the road then we'd have something to talk about. But we're not. So we don't.

Non voglio fare nessuna promessa, disse. È così che si finisce per farsi male

What have you got that a man could drink with just a minimum risk of blindness and death.

Como num daqueles jogos que se jogam nas festas. Diz a palavra ao ouvido do seguinte. Por isso, sejamos parcimoniosos. Aquilo que alteramos nas recordações também em a sua realidade, conhecida ou não.

The written word is a powerful thing, you have to be careful with it. - Silvertongue

The written word is a powerful thing, you have to be careful with it.

Take my advice Meggie: Never develop a passion you can't afford!

You think this is a trap, then?" the Count asked. "I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise," the Prince answered. "Which is why I'm still alive." William Goldman, The Princess Bride

As your trusted Indian scout, it is important for me to warn you that you are now on perilously thin ice

Wodensfang, you're paranoid, said Hiccup, yawning. It's only paranoia, whispered the Wodensfang, if things aren't out to get you...

Uh-oh, thought Hiccup, who was an intelligent boy. This person wants to kill me.

It's only paranoia, whispered the Wodensfang, If things aren't out to get you...

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

It is often dangerous to rush into battle without pausing for preparation or waiting for recruits.

Caution seldom goes far enough.

W)hen you're playing with fire you've got to deal with the heat...And fire ain't particular about who it burns.

Occasionally Leonardo appended a moral lesson to the entry, such as this: "The oyster, when the moon is full, opens itself wide, and when the crab looks in he throws in a stone or seaweed and the oyster cannot close again, whereby it serves for food to that crab. This is what happens to him who opens his mouth to tell his secret. He becomes the prey of the treacherous hearer.

Only the paranoid survive.

Tribble recalled that he adopted the phrase from the "Menagerie" episodes of Star Trek, "in which the aliens create their own new world through sheer mental force." He meant the phrase to be a compliment as well as a caution: "It was dangerous to get caught in Steve's distortion field, but it was what led him to actually be able to change reality.