A little restraint never hurt anyone,' I shot back.

"It's good for people to have a little restraint and worry a bit."

A little restraint would give the public a more realistic view of the world's dangers.

Instead, she chose to talk to the worst offenders and asked them for a little restraint.

"But a little restraint now could stop endless trouble later."

Some were good but would have been better had the chef shown a little restraint.

Or should we not exercise a little restraint in these matters?

Parliament should exercise a little restraint. In any case, my group will ask that we vote against this proposal tomorrow.

We can probe only so far into people's motives, and sometimes a little restraint is in order.

"Harmon, you're going to have to exercise a little restraint on this."