Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathies with despised ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

If you always try to be cautious and careful, you will never impress anyone.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform.