Inspirational Quotes on Discretion

“Make not thy friends too cheap to thee, nor thyself to thy friend.”

“If thou would'st be borne with, then bear with others.”

“Generosity, wrong placed, becometh a vice; a princely mind will undo a private family.”

“When thou makest presents, let them be of such things as will last long; to the end they may be in some sort immortal, and may frequently refresh the memory of the receiver.”

“Learn to hold thy tongue; five words cost Zacharias forty weeks of silence.”

“Thou mayst as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which make books serviceable, and give health and vigor to the mind.”

“He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing.”

“He that's cheated twice by the same man is an accomplice with the cheater.”

“Prescribe no positive laws to thy will; for thou mayest be forced tomorrow to drink the same water thou despisest today.”

“Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to beat a cripple with his own crutches!”

“A small demerit extinguishes a long service.”

“Tis better to suffer wrong than do it.”

“Judge of thine improvement, not by what thou speakest or writest, but by the firmness of thy mind, and the government of thy passions and affections.”

“In conversation use some, but not too much ceremony; it teaches others to be courteous, too. Demeanors are commonly paid back in their own coin.”

“Many have been the wise speeches of fools, though not so many as the foolish speeches of wise men.”

“When a Christian does not repel the thoughts which originate with evil spirits he affords them a base for working.”

“We must have a spirit of power towards the enemy, a spirit of love towards men, and a spirit of self-control towards ourselves.”

“The believer's experience is consequently a rather complex matter. It is imperative that we determine for ourselves whether we have been delivered from the base and the ignoble.”

“Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance.”

“Free advice is sometimes the most costly kind.”