Safest

Famous quotes containing the word safest:

    Go chase into the house a lucky foot.
    And, O my son, be, on the one hand, good,
    And do not, on the other hand, be bad;
    For that is very much the safest plan.
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    The fly that does not want to be swatted is safest if it sits on the fly-swat.
    —G.C. (Georg Christoph)

    My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy ... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
    William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd Viscount (1779–1848)