Quotes About Prudence

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst.

as I am not fond of giving advice,having seldom seen it taken

If you get a prudent healthy Wife, your Industry in your Profession, with her good Economy, will be a Fortune sufficient.

For 6£ a year you may have use of 100£, if you are a man of known prudence and honesty. He that spends a groat a-day idly, spends idly above 6£ a year, which is the price of using 100£.

You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then, diet a little more costly, clothes a little finer, and a little more entertainment now and then can be no great matter but remember what Poor Richard says "Many a little makes a mickle; beware of little expense for a small leak will sink a great ship.

discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.

Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.

while enthusiasm may be necessary for great accomplishments elsewhere, on Wall Street it almost invariably leads to disaster.

and should be avoided.

Prudence dictates that there should be a balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region.

I believe it is better to take extra precautions now than to regret later.

Spend not on hopes.

My mother had always told her kids: If you're about to do something, and you want to know if it's a bad idea, imagine seeing it printed in the paper for all the world to see.

My accountant worships me because I'm so cautious with my money.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one's ingenuity.

Danger breeds best on too much confidence.

It's dangerous to talk too much about future fights.

I never fight with a man who's carrying power tools.

That's the last thing on Earth you should think about... There's just a whole lot of things that aren't going to work for you. Figure out what they are and avoid them like the plague. And one of them is bitcoin... It is total insanity.

Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.

Prudence says one thing, desire says another, and I'd rather go with desire any time.