Prince Philip Quotes

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

Reward and punishment are the twin instruments of power in the State; they must not be revealed to anyone.

Let him remember that many before now have tried to chastise a wrongdoer, and failing to punish their enemy have not even saved themselves; while many who have trusted in force to gain an advantage, instead of gaining anything more, have been doomed to lose what they had. Vengeance is not necessarily successful because wrong has been done, or strength sure because it is confident; but the incalculable element in the future exercises the widest influence, and is the most treacherous, and yet in fact the most useful of all things, as it frightens us all equally, and thus makes us consider before attacking each other.

Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

I try not to do tricks because I don't want to be caught with it. It's a risk.

If your head is made of wax, don't walk in the sun

Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber, for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

there are risks you'll take for yourself because you know that if your plan goes wrong, it'll be too late for regrets. but if you risk the lives of others and fail, you'll have a lifetime to regret it.

Some things you do-or you're about to do-you can just be like, 'Hey, don't do that because it means trouble.' So I've got to back off.

I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble.

Don't stick your nose where someone can pull it off and eat it.

Dess shook her head. "Before he walked off, Rex said for you to wait. He said it's totally important you don't touch Angie until he comes back. and he said that if you were a pain about it, I get to hit you with that." She pointed to where the darkling had flung Flabbergasted Supernumerary Mathematician, its tip blackened by ichor and fire. "So, go ahead.

What ever you do-Don't get caught.

Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.

Consequences don’t just go away. They aren’t suddenly dissolved just because forgiveness has been desired or given.

… you were so worried about legal and illegal that you never stopped to think about whether it was right or wrong.

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

Thought I to myself, we shall never come off scot-free.

I have a secret passion for mercy. . . but justice is what keeps happening to people.

No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.

Therefore, take heed how you proceed against me; for I know that for this you go about to do to me, God will ruin you and your posterity, and this whole state.

Some doors are best left closed.

My actions and reactions, and the way I treated certain scenarios, were way out of line, so I deserved some punishment.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Rage against the world, if you like, but quietly, or the Guardians will awake.