“The way to be safe is never to be secure.”
“Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.”
“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
“Proclaim not all though knowest, or all though owest.”
“Display is as false as it is costly.”
“Don't overload Gratitude; if you do, she'll kick.”
“Blind fear, that seeing reason leads, finds safer footing than blind reason stumbling without fear: to fear the worst oft cures the worse.”
“Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground.”
“'Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.”
“The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th' bottom of the worst.”
“Be checked for silence,But never taxed for speech.”
“BewareOf entrance to a quarrel.”
“The eye of prudence may never shut.”
“I am as vigilant as a cat to steal cream.”
“Suspicion shall be all stuck full of eyes.”