Quotes About Prudence

We should always deal cautiously with fire, water, women, foolish people, serpents, and members of a royal family; for they may, when the occasion presents itself, at once bring about our death.

Never run upstairs when someone's chasing you. Don't try to quick-draw a man who already has his gun out. Never light a match in the dark in a strange building. Half of staying safe is just keeping your head and being prudent.

sometimes when you're too careful it just turns into a different kind of carelessness.

Sometimes the better part of valor—and common sense—is saying, "I'll pass.

that prudence of yours makes you veer about, determined not to commit yourself to either side, but to pass safely between Scylla and Charybdis; with the result that, finding yourself battered and buffeted by the waves in the midst of the sea, you assert everything you deny and deny everything you assert.

Let us act wisely, therefore, and in the fear of God.

Look after the pennies, and the pounds always looked after themselves.

Think with your head, not your heart.' He looked

Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.

Every day I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given, the powers we have not used, the selfish prudence that will risk nothing and which, shirking pain, misses happiness as well.

Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in the light plug. Love -- youll stick your finger in anything.

Let the hand of discretion cover the wise mouth.

Prudent people are very happy 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think.

Penelope was in favor of new experiences, as long as they did not upset the digestion

all types of virtue are really just different aspects of wisdom.

Si tienes miedo a hacerte daño, aumentas la probabilidad de que eso mismo suceda... Sé prudente y sobre todo, entrégate sin reservas.

One day, if you get into a position of power, tell people this: just because you can, it doesn't mean you should.

If we are prudent and diligent in our affairs, we may trust Providence to furnish us with the bread of the day in its day.

Don't be too optimistic while you are tied to a railway when the train is coming; it won't be helpful for the solution!

Better overly cautious than overly dead,

Fire and idealism may be fine qualities for the leader of a revolution, but the leader of a great republic needs to be several degrees cooler and a good deal more canny.

After lots of lectures, warnings, punishments and so on, Eddy had decided to watch his step for a while.

Când nu e?ti sigur, ocole?te.

Os antigos Gregos costumavam dizer que a Sorte era uma mulher muito bonita de cabelo encaracolado que caminhava na rua entre as pessoas. Talvez o seu nome fosse Karma. É uma amante inconstante, uma mulher prudente, uma rameira e uma adepta do Manchester United. Costumava ser minha.