Caution - Cautious Quotes

There are those who are so scrupulously afraid of doing wrong that they seldom venture to do anything.

A chameleon does not leave one tree until he is sure of another.

Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof.

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.

An eel held by the tail is not yet caught.

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.