Quotes About Prudence

Instead, he takes those coupons from his low-return bond and—if inclined to reinvest—looks for the highest return with safety currently available.  Good money is not thrown after bad.

The less the prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we must conduct our own.

Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy, interest rates, or elections.

know when to stop. Know when reason sets limits to avoid peril.

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

All the other virtues, and the living of a virtuous life, depend on them. If you took an introductory philosophy course in college, they were probably translated from the Greek as courage, justice, temperance, and prudence.

Il Principe diede mano alla Principessa perché si alzasse: ella era già abbigliata e con gran magnificenza: ed egli fu abbastanza prudente da farle osservare, che era vestita come la mi' nonna, e che aveva un camicino alto fin sotto gli orecchi, come costumava un secolo addietro.

Look twice before you leap.

It does not do to trust people too much.

If it is too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

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

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

Better a thousand times careful than once dead.

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind.

Don't learn safety by accident.

The Christian always mixes prudence with his devotion. He is willing to serve three gods, but draws the line at one wife.

Up from behind a sand dune close beside her rose the form of her enemy Bitterness. He did not come any nearer, having learned a little more prudence, and was not going to make her call for the Shepherd if he could avoid it, but simply stood and looked at her and laughed and laughed again, the bitterest sound that Much-Afraid had heard in all her life.

There was once a merchant who was so rich that he might have paved the whole street, and a little alley besides, with silver money. But he didn't do it--he knew better how to use his money than that.

But I know that any man whose very presence incites me to nearly throw away my reputation-or whatever shreds of it remain-is someone I must avoid at any cost.

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

Common sense is the heart of investing and business management.

Indeed, Clausewitz was wary of the general who tried to be too smart. He preferred those who kept their imaginations in check and a firm grip on the harsh realities of battle.

en la naturaleza de las cosas uno nunca puede intentar escapar a un peligro sin toparse con otro; pero la prudencia consiste en saber cómo reconocer la naturaleza de los distintos peligros y en aceptar el mal menor como la mejor consecuencia».[18]