Walter Raleigh Quotes

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

Sometimes you have to keep things very close to your own chest in your life, or this life.

Discretion shall preserve you.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

I have always been discreet in my life.

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

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

I know that you have to be reserved about certain things in your life.

It is important not to trust people too much.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

It is the part of a fool to give advice to others and not himself to be on his guard.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

The way I look at it is, if you don't want somebody to know something, don't say it. If you don't want them to see you do something, don't do it.

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

Be ever on your guard what you say of anybody and to whom.

If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.

It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

Knowledge is power only as long as you keep your mouth shut.

Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.