restraint quotes

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.