Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection and choked with too much nourishment.

Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s other inventions.

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.

Perish discretion, when it interferes with duty!

Discretion is the perfection of reason and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

Stones decay, and words last.

Covering discretion with a coat of folly.

Some things are better left unsaid.

Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.

Silence is sometimes the answer.

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through.

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more; you should never wish to do less.