 He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea. Topics: Discouragement, Discretion |
| Scalded cats fear even cold water. Topics: Discouragement |
| Curiosity is a kernel of the forbidden fruit which still sticketh in the throat of a natural man, sometimes to the danger of his choking. Topics: Discretion |
| If thou art a master, be sometimes blind, if a servant, sometimes deaf. Topics: Discretion |
| Rashness is the faithful but unhappy parent of misfortune. Topics: Discretion |
| If the master takes no account of his servants, they will make small account of him, and care not what they spend, who are never brought to an audit. Topics: Discretion |
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| Bad excuses are worse than none. Topics: Discretion |
| Better a little fire to warm us than a great one to burn us. Topics: Discretion |
| Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad. Topics: Discretion |
| Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye. Topics: Discretion |
| Do not in an instant what an age cannot recompense. Topics: Discretion |
| One may miss the mark by aiming too high, as too low. Topics: Discretion |
