Quotes About Prudence

Don't be creative. Don't be stupid." "That's what Machiavelli said. You guys really have a lot of faith in me, don't you?" "Neither one of us wants to lose you. Just be careful, Billy. Careful is my middle name." Black Hawk rolled his eyes. "You told me it was Henry.

There was no way I could think it over without a second Calvados. After thinking it over, I decided that the really prudent thing was to go out and buy another bottle.

Passive," he repeated the word with distaste. "Sometimes, Sarah, it's important not to jump into a swamp until you've properly assessed how many alligators there are.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

'Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.

A little in one's own pocket is better than much in another man's purse. 'Tis good to keep a nest egg. Every little makes a mickle.

A word to the wise is enough.

Let every man look before he leaps.

Proverbs 22:3: "A wise man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

I learned that if someone tells you to be on the safe side lots of times then after a while they do not need to say it. After a while you just say it to yourself in your head like, 'I had better not do that, just to be on the safe side.

It was always better to say less.

The Bible said that a wise person must rein in his tongue. Not everything you wanted to say should be said.

Spend what you need but just throw even a few coins into a tin and forget that you have it. A woman should always have something put by.

Aris. Certainly, your prudence is excessively rare. Are you not ashamed of your want of firmness? and is it possible for a man to be so weak as to leave his wife absolute power, and not dare to attack what she has resolved upon? Ch. Good Heavens! brother, you speak very easily of it, but you do not know how noise troubles me. I am  very fond of rest, peace, and tranquillity, and my wife is terrible in her tempers.

O homem deseja muitas coisas e luta por adquiri-las, crendo que sua posse lhe trará felicidade. Isso o conduz, inevitavelmente, a decepções e sofrimentos. A pessoa prudente, que sabe o que é e aquilo de que realmente necessita, evita todas as perturbações, pois está buscando o real e não coisas efêmeras.

Trust in Allah, but tie your camel.

A man must take responsibility, according to your culture and the limit of your pocket. Don't try to show off when you have nothing left.

Action is necessary, but that doesn't mean we have to ignore the words of the wise.

The only benefit of fear is to be afraid when everyone else are getting too greedy.

There are eight pieces, but I know I have to save four pieces just in case."

Surely you're not going to practice discretion now?

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

Money without brains is always dangerous.