#Caution Quotes

“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.”

“Were it goodTo set the exact wealth of all our statesAll at one cast? to set so rich a mainOn the nice hazard of one doubtful hour?It were not good.”

“Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.”

“'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.”

“Beware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear t that th' opposed may beware of thee.”

“Your wisdom is consum'd in confidence. Do not go forth to-day.”

“The eye of prudence may never shut.”

“Beware of what you want-for you will get it.”

“We may outrun By violent swiftness And lose by over-running.”

“Don't trust the person who has broken faith once.”

“Be wary then; best safety lies in fear.”

“I do beseech you- Though I perchance am vicious in my guess , that your wisdom yet From one that so imperfectly conjects Would take no notice, nor build yourself a trouble Out of his scattering and unsure observance.”

“Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.”

“With caution judge of probability. Things deemed unlikely, e'en impossible, experience oft hath proved to be true.”

“I should be suspicious of what I want.”

“Look out! Behind you!”

“Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”

“If you do not possess the staff of caution and discrimination, use the eyes of him who sees. If there is no staff of caution and discrimination, do not wander on the road without a guide.”

“Sir, we must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.”

“Be suspicious of what you want.”

“Modest wisdom plucks me from over-credulous haste.”

“These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume”

“If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.”

“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.”

“Never answer an anonymous letter.”

“Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere”

“The bird that hath been limed in a bush, with trembling wings misdoubteth every bush.”

“Never test the depth of river with both the feet.”

“The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.”

“Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.”

“Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.”

“You want to know a sure way to lose money? Buy what's popular and don't know what you are investing in.”

“It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire.”

“Don't squat with your spurs on.”

“Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.”

“Everybody has noticed the way cats stop and loiter in a half-open door. Hasn't everyone said to a cat: For heavens sake why don't you come in? With opportunity half-open in front of them, there are men who have a similar tendency to remain undecided between two solutions, at the risk of being crushed by fate abruptly closing the opportunity. The overprudent, cats as they are, and because they are cats, sometimes run more danger than the bold”

“Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.”

“Trust everybody, but cut the cards yourself.”

“Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.”

“Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips.”

“I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of.”

“When an instrument admits two constructions, the one safe, the other dangerous, the one precise, the other indefinite, I prefer that which is safe and precise.”

“If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.”

“Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so.”

“Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.”

“Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!”

“Sit, be still, and listen, because you're drunk and we're at the edge of the roof.”

“Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald".”