Quotes About Prudence

I'm not much into speculation.

Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.

I'm not a fast driver. I've seen what speed can do.

I never exceed the posted speed limit.

If there's not enough money in the bank account, you don't spend it.

In an economy where public spending is extremely important, the governments must spend, they must spend more but at the same time you can't afford to be reckless and do away with all kinds of fiscal prudence.

Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

I don't like spending money.

I'm not a fool with my money. I've known what it's like to be poor and I don't splash it around stupidly.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events because in herself she is nothing but is ruled by prudence.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.

A prudent wife is from the Lord.

Men who can both be right and sit tight are uncommon.

From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.

Never insult seven men when all your packing is a six-shooter.

Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control.

It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Put … the troll … down … and slowly back away.

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A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him.

it happens in all human affairs that we never seek to escape one mischief without falling into another. Prudence therefore consists in knowing how to distinguish degrees of disadvantage, and in accepting a less evil as a good.