Quotes About Caution

You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)

Well all right then. Since you own up you ain't smart enough tuh find out whut Ah'm talkin' 'bout, Ah'll tell you. Whut is it dat keeps uh man from gettin' burnt on uh red-hot stove—caution or nature?" "Shucks! Ah thought you had somethin' hard tuh ast me. Walter kin tell yuh dat." "If de conversation is too deep for yuh, how come yuh don't tell me so, and hush up?

I don't know if it's a very smart idea to admire the living.

I would never give anybody any advice about anything.

Nudity... I have to say I will never do it again.

I trust my arm, maybe a little too much.

Once more she urged me not to be dazzled by the glitter of society, to be always on my guard, especially against what most attracted me. This is the sum-total of her wisdom, and I can get nothing more out of her.

Be not too confiding, nor frivolous, nor over enthusiastic, —three rocks on which youth often strikes. Too confiding a nature loses respect, frivolity brings contempt, and others take advantage of excessive enthusiasm.

Who can hope to be safe? who sufficiently cautious? Guard himself as he may, every moment's an ambush.

You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

Scepticism and pessimism aren't synonymous. Scepticism calls for pessimism when optimism is excessive. But it also calls for optimism when pessimism is excessive.

The lion growls. Beware thy head.

Masters and men do not trust each other; they fear each other, ever thinking that each side is ready to take advantage.

Experience as well as common sense indicated that the most reliable method of avoiding self-extinction was not to equip oneself with the means to accomplish it in the first place.

You may regret your silence once, but you will regret your words often.

Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.

Saying of the Prophet The Tongue A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet.

Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.

Haste is from the Devil.

Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them.

You may be able to get the bone down your throat But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel. (Gulistan)

Too much kindness towards the fox may mean doom for the rabbit.

He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.

Whoever might perfume a scorpion Will not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband