I passed by the row of meats at the Safeway
and was afraid to buy
Wall St Journal reporter on read more

I passed by the row of meats at the Safeway
and was afraid to buy
Wall St Journal reporter on the Diane Rehm Show.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Action makes more fortune than caution

Action makes more fortune than caution

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am read more

I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and read more

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything.

Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.

Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.