Discretion Quotes

I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.

There is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. (Matthew 10:26)

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions.

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend; be discreet.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving in wordy evidence of the fact.

The age of discretion is the age of impotence.

In a discreet man’s mouth, a publick thing is private.

Those who live in stone houses should not throw glass.

If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

Once man demanded virtue in woman; now all he expects is that she be discreet.