An eel held by the tail is not yet caught.
Caution - Cautious Quotes
Surely, Princes had need, in tender Matters, and Ticklish Times, to beware what they say; Especially in these short Speeches, which flie abroad like Darts, and are thought to be shot out of their secret Intentions.
A person can save himself from many hard falls by refraining from jumping to conclusions.
I don’t like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.
Consideration gets as many victories as rashness loses.
Accountability, n. The mother of caution.
He that a watch would carry, this must do, pocket his watch, and watch his pocket too.
Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to.
Beware of a silent dog and still water.
Whenever our neighbor’s house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little water on our own. Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security.
