Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Self Restraint Quotes

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh, my...

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

Some have meat, and cannot eat, And some cannot eat that want it; But we...

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Suspense is worse than disappointment

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Let them cant about decorum, Who have characters to lose!

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.

There is no such uncertainty as a sure thing.