Quotes About Prudence

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.

When nobody practices what they strongly believe in, that day will be a triumph of prudence.

It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

I'm not so much interested in the return ON my money as I am in the return OF my money.

Never dance in a puddle when there's a hole in your shoe (it's always best to take your shoes off first).

Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past.

If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.

The function of the margin of safety is, in essence, that of rendering unnecessary an accurate estimate of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.

One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.

We will not have served the water needs of Americans if we meet only the requirements of today's population. A prudent nation must look ahead and plan for tomorrow.

The awful daring of a moment's surrender which an age of prudence can never retract.

Age will bring all things, and everyone knows, Madame, that twenty is no age to be a prude.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Never pass up an opportunity to keep your mouth shut.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas'.

The Titanic is a great lesson of why just the tip can get you in a lot of trouble.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.