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

Perish discretion, when it interferes with duty!

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

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.

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.

Duty is the fire that lights the darkness, the constant glow that illuminates the path of the righteous.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Duty is the echo of God's command, sounding through the corridors of time and eternity.

Duty is the echo of God's command, sounding through the corridors of time and eternity.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

Duty is the essence of manhood.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.