Quotes About Restraint

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

Time is the tyrant of the body.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

It does not matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you do not do it in the street and frighten the horses.

Take heed lest passion sway Thy judgment to do aught, which else free will Would not admit.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage, Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage.

There is no man in any rank who is always at liberty to act as he would incline. In some quarter or other he is limited by circumstances.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

Candour and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin.

If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.

When three people call you an ass, put on a bridle.

One must not hope to be more than one can be.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.

The point of good writing is knowing when to stop.

What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.

As far as your self-control goes, as far goes your freedom.

The less said the better.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling that desire.

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.

It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.

It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Stay out of jail.