Quotes About Caution

Give him a trophy for it, but don't marry a man just because he's nice. And try not to make a habit of getting engaged in the first place, Vivvie. It can lead to marriage if you're not careful.

Be very careful, warns this tale, not to get too obsessed with the repetition of religious ritual just for its own sake.

this method? Yeah, sure. It works great. Till it kills you.

All her life she'd been warned that men were slaves to their desires, that they held their impulses in barely controlled check. A woman--a lady--must be very, very careful of her actions so she did not put spark to the gunpowder that was a man's libido.

No need to be intimidated, tesoro, but do be careful. See, those two statements seem like they contradict each other to me, Gio.

But wield it with care, lass, do not go blasting out your fury and letting all know it was you. They fear it.

My advice is, the next time you see someone you think you need to rescue, walk quickly away on the far side of the street.

So we will not shake the box to find out if its contents are breakable.

Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance.

I warn. Give it to me. If you do, no harm will follow, I swear it.' As Emerson might have said, this was the wrong approach to take to me. (In fact, Emerson would have put it more emphatically, using terms like 'red flag to a bull.') I

semaphored warning as well as I could. He took the hint.

Someone was certainly guilty of something, however, and it behooved us to take all possible precautions.

I do wish you would not be so precipitate; just look at you, you are bleeding all over the antiquities

Mind you do not get your feet damp, said the Man of Wrath, removing his cigar.

Careless talk costs lives.

Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself

Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent.

Be very cautious of cold in the beginning of winter and welcome it at the close of the season because cold season effects your bodies exactly as it effects the trees; in the early season its severity makes them shrivel and shed their leaves and at the end it helps them to revive.

It is wiser to abstain then to repent.

Deficiency will result in shame and sorrow but caution and foresight will bring peace and security.

Surely the likeness of this world is that of a snake: it is soft to touch, and deadly poisonous. The ignorant child is distracted by it, and the one with understanding and intellect is cautious of it. So turn away from what fascinates you in it, for how little of it stays with you.

Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your enemy some day; and hate your enemy up to a limit for it is possible he may turn into your friend some day.

I have never made fun of religion. Religion is something I don't even want to mess with, because I am really afraid of the clouds opening up and my being struck by lightning.

I couldn't help but think hard about what you're supposed to do when the facts seem to be leading you into danger.