Quotes About Prudence

I would rather be average and wise than be extraordinary and imprudent.

I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!

The most important thing in life is wisdom and not money

Think and keep quiet among those you don't trust.

Sayings of the ProphetTrust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first.

Wisdom makes it even more likely that you will be exposed to the danger of fornication.

An ounce of wisdom can prevent a pound of folly.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.

When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.

I rarely ever do anything crazy, I really like to be careful to stay in a safe spot, I don't want to do anything, like, insane. I have a lot of people around me to make sure I don't do anything crazy.

This Budget reflects a choice - not an easy choice, but the right choice. And when you think about it, the only choice. The choice to take the responsible, prudent path to fiscal stability, economic growth and opportunity.

The prudent man does himself good; the virtuous one does it to other men.

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee.

Never spend anything before thou have it; for borrowing is the canker and death of every man's estate.

Those who are clever in imagination are far more pleased with themselves than prudent men could reasonably be.

If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.

Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden.

Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time.

The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

The wise man is seldom prudent.