Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution.

Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira.

There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements.

On the 28th the ship's company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor.

Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound.

The ship was named the Bounty: I was appointed to command her on the 16th of August 1787.

Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force.

This was the first day of our beginning to take up plants: we had much pleasure in collecting them for the natives offered their assistance and perfectly understood the method of taking them up and pruning them.

All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds.

In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs.

On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses.

The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.

The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution.

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution.

We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

Throw caution to the wind and just do it.

I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses.

We will always apply the same principles of collective security, prudent caution, and superior weaponry that enabled us to peacefully prevail in the long cold war against the Soviet Union.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

But I want to just caution, it is not incumbent on the United States to prove that Saddam Hussein is trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction. He's already demonstrated that he's trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.

In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Creative risk taking is essential to success in any goal where the stakes are high. Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time.

I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, 'Wait.' Perhaps you can. I can't. And having decided that I cannot urge caution I must stand with him.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world.

Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.

One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

Choose your friends with caution; plan your future with purpose, and frame your life with faith.

The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.

Thoughtless risks are destructive, of course, but perhaps even more wasteful is thoughtless caution which prompts inaction and promotes failure to seize opportunity.