Discretion Quote by Francis Bacon

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

— Benjamin Franklin

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

— Robert Smith Surtees

The conduct of men depends upon the temperament, not upon a bunch of musty maxims.

— Benjamin Disraeli

There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.

— Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet

There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.

— Robert Jordan

A man will be as much of a gentleman as a woman requires.

— Elisabeth Elliot

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

My only concern is to set men absolutely, unconditionally free.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

And, to all married men, be this a caution, Which they should duly tender as their life, Neither to doat too much, nor doubt…

— Philip Massinger

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

— Samuel Johnson