Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.
Kill no more pigeons than you can eat.
Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.