A lover without discretion is no lover at all.

A lover without discretion is no lover at all.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy

Perish discretion when it interferes with duty

Perish discretion when it interferes with duty

Valour that parleys is near yielding.

Valour that parleys is near yielding.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which
is without discretion.

I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of
discretion, and I will right myself like read more

I have seen the day of wrong through the little hole of
discretion, and I will right myself like a soldier.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

Nay, but do so then; and look you, he may come and go between you
both; and in any read more

Nay, but do so then; and look you, he may come and go between you
both; and in any case have a nay-word, that you may know one
another's mind, and the boy never need to understand anything;
for 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness. Old
folks, you know, have discretion, as they say, and know the
world.