Quotes About Prudence

The best is the cheapest.

We may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living.

Candour and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin.

It is better to be safe than sorry.

Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.

If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.

Talking too much, too soon, and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster.

The less said the better.

Better silent than stupid.

The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Vice Is nice But a little virtue Won't hurt you.

If at first you succeed, don't take any more stupid chances.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

I believe in practicing prudence, at least once every two or three years.

Horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on what people will do.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

A word to the wise is sufficient.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

Put all your eggs in one basket... the handle's going to break. Then all you've got is scrambled eggs.

No, prudent people didn't leave their feelings hanging out; didn't leave themselves vulnerable.

Conservatism is the cousin of cowardice.

Souls were the same. They, too, had useless baggage that impeded their proper performance, these annoying, holier-than-thou bits dangling like an appendix waiting for infection. Faith and hope and love...prudence, temperance, justice, and fortitude...all this useless clutter just packed too much damn morality into the heart, getting in the way of the soul's innate desire for malignancy.

My goal on Wall Street was never to get rich but to stay in business. There's a big difference. If you're out of the business, you can never get rich. That's why you have to be especially cautious when you're trading a larger position size.