“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
“Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.”
Clara Barton
“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.”
Mark Twain
“The only prudence in life is concentration.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When people speak to you about others, listen carefully, for this is how they will speak about you to others.”
Maichee Summer
“Prudence keeps life safe, but it does not often make it happy.”
“To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance”
Spanish Proverb
