Quotes About Prudence

Rockefeller trained himself to reveal as little as possible, even in private letters, which he wrote as if they might someday fall into the hands of a prosecuting attorney.

What I fear is that he may perhaps talk too much which would be very undesirable

If in doubt, say nothing.

Waste not, want not, make do and mend, don't make an exhibition of yourself.

Waste not, want not, make do and mend, don't make an exhibition

Moral laws, according to Kant, are a set of orders issued to man by a nonheavenly, nonearthly entity (which I shall discuss shortly), a set of unconditional commandments or "categorical imperatives"—to be sharply contrasted with mere "counsels of prudence.

No matter how many orgasms you have, if you have any common sense to begin with, it always comes back.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Never make permanent eternal decisions based on sense knowledge.

The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one's head by revealing the king's secrets.

Don't talk too much or too soon.

There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.

_They_ believe that the Ballot will rob them of their Power and Privileges, whereas _I_ am sure that, by the exercise of even such little Prudence and Cunning as parsimonious Nature has endowed them with, they can with ease maintain themselves in their present pre-eminence. This being so, let the Rabble amuse itself by voting. An Election is no more than a gratuitous Punch and Judy Show, offered by the Rulers in order to distract the attention of the Ruled.

Ciò che spaventa si dà sempre un nome, come dimostra il fatto che gli uomini ne hanno, per prudenza, due.

thoughtlessness is a bad advisor.

Be prudent like Nestor and cunning like Odysseus.

Patrão, não vamos confundir prudência com covardia; a prudência é uma virtude.

To help ensure success, practice defensive money management. A good trader watches his capital as carefully as a professional scuba diver watches his air supply.

An intelligent businessman takes only risks that will not put him out of business, even if he makes several mistakes in a row.

Though a gamester at heart, he never touched a card, for he considered his position did not allow him—as he said— to risk the necessary in the hope of winning the superfluous

D'Artagnan, my friend, thou art brave, thou art prudent, thou hast excellent qualities, but- women will destroy thee! -D'Artagnan

I never play, because I am not rich enough to afford to lose or poor enough to want to win. Maximilien Morrel, The Count of Monte Cristo

To the wise, a prick on the finger avoids a hole in the heart.

A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.