Prudence Quotes

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

Democritus

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

Samuel Johnson

Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.

Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Where passion leads or prudence points the way.

Robert Lowth

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Charles Caleb Colton

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

William Blake

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."

Francis Quarles

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

William E. Gladstone

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Omar Bradley

In matters of conscience first thoughts are best; in matters of prudence last thoughts are best.

Robert Hall

Mother Nature gives a sense of romance to young people, in place of prudence, to advance the species. It's a trickthat makes us grow.

Lois McMaster Bujold

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson