It is important not to trust people too much.
I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off.
I'm very protective of how much I let people see.
Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.
When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suffocating. But I am protected everywhere.
My bedroom's like an armoury.
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
The missing aren't missing, they're only departed, All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded.
I first interviewed Fidel Castro 39 years ago. He was charming and fiercely guarded about his private life. He called our interviews 'fiery debates.' During our times together, he made clear to me that he was an absolute dictator and that he was a staunch opponent of democracy.
I'm cautious in matters of the heart.
I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa.
Let a prince be guarded with soldiers, attended by councillors, and shut up in forts; yet if his thoughts disturb him, he is miserable.
I think once you enter the dating world and you realise it's nothing like those Disney movies you watched when you were a little girl, you just become more guarded.
I've really learned to watch what I say.
O Liberty...! is it well To leave the gates unguarded?
A good action is never lost; it is a treasure laid up and guarded for the doer's need.
I'm always on my guard now.
I'm so secretive that when someone asks me, Hey, can you keep a secret? I say That's none of your business.
I'm the kind of person who doesn't let anyone in easily.
I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.
Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Marriage is an institution very safely guarded.
I don't seem to have any real strategy or pattern when it comes to love... At times I've been really guarded and careful and afraid to trust someone. But other times, you want to jump in headfirst. I've had moments of thinking, this is who I love and I don't care what anyone says. Those moments are beautiful and wild and exciting, but I've learned that those moments can end up hurting you in the end. I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
You shouldn't give up. For a while, you have to stay close to the wall and be careful who you spend time with and take care of yourself.
I take time to open up with people. But once I know you, I'm fine. I'm a shy person.
