Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry.

It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.

If you want to gather honey, don’t kick over the beehive.

Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

My family wasn’t rich, so when it comes to money, I tend to think, ‚Err on the side of caution.‘

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.

Although we resolutely supported the armed struggle against Batista’s tyranny, we were, on principle, opposed to any terrorist action that could cause the death of innocent people.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

So much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don’t even know that fire is hot.

Please think of me like an endangered species and just observe me quietly from far away. If you try to talk to me or touch me casually, I may get intimidated and bite you. So please be careful.

I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it’s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way.

Tyranny or slavery, born of selfishness, are the two educational methods of parents; all gradations of tyranny or slavery.

The world knows that America will never start a war. This generation of Americans has had enough of war and hate… we want to build a world of peace where the weak are secure and the strong are just.

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

I am an Addictive Personality, they say, a natural slave to passion – and many Doctors have warned me against it. I am a High-risk Patient.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‚within the limits of the law‘ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles – the oppression of tyranny – to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.

The first amazing fact about gravitation is that the ratio of inertial mass to gravitational mass is constant wherever we have checked it. The second amazing thing about gravitation is how weak it is.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.

If I can give you one strong piece of advice, when you go away for that romantic weekend, whatever you do, do not accept or take the upgrade to the honeymoon suite.

Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

A wet spot on the floor kind of put a scare in myself, so you never know inside those lines what might happen.

Many people have been getting too casual about climbing Everest. I forecast a disaster many times.

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

I can analyze people’s intentions. Immediately. That’s just a warning. To everyone.

When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over… is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger.

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.

It’s important that we attempt to extend life beyond Earth now. It is the first time in the four billion-year history of Earth that it’s been possible, and that window could be open for a long time – hopefully it is – or it could be open for a short time. We should err on the side of caution and do something now.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

Don’t go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you’ll land in trouble too big for you.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

We are the people our parents warned us about.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.