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Better is to bow than break.
Dine on little, and sup on less.
Fiscal prudence is very important.
The eye of prudence may never shut.
At a great pennyworth pause a while.
Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.
Silence is the sanctuary of prudence.
As love increases, prudence diminishes.
No god is absent where prudence dwells.
Caution is the lower story of prudence.
He who has far to ride spares his horse.
Prudence reproaches; conscience accuses.
Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.
Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
The only prudence in life is concentration.
Prudence, like experience, must be paid for.
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
Where passion leads or prudence points the way.
Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.
It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.
There must be in prudence also some master virtue.
If thou art terrible to manyh, then beware of many.
An ounce of prudence is worth a pound of cleverness.
Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.
Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
One must not mix up prudence with gestures of servility.
Prudence will punish to prevent crime, not to avenge it.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.
Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Magnanimity will not consider the prudence of its motives.
Nothing can be done quickly and prudently at the same time.
Imprudence gets us into more trouble than actual misdeeds do.
Passionate jealousy is not a good foster-parent for prudence.
An imprudent enemy is less dangerous than an imprudent friend.
Courage is a virtue only so far as it is directed by prudence.
Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.
A woman's best qualities are harmful if undiluted with prudence.
Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
When you have nothing to say, or to hide, there is no need to be prudent.
Do not limp before the lame. [Old Fr., Ne clochez pas devant les boyteus.]
Prudence and love cannot be mixed; you can end love, but never moderate it.
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death.