Richard Savage Quotes

Neither anger nor fury shall find lodging in their minds, and all their words and actions should be marked with calm deliberation.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

It's a wise thing to hold back.

You can be very wild and still be very wise.

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

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

Where Mr. McKinley was patient, cautious, tactful and a very good listener…, Roosevelt is impetuous, impatient, and wholly lacking in tact.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.

Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest.

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

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Be moderate in everything, including moderation.

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.