Quotes about Prudence

God wants His people to walk in wisdom so they don't have to fall into misery and pain before they come to their senses, which may sometimes come too late. It is better to live wisely and not need continuous miracles, than to live foolishly and always need a miracle to get out of trouble.

To be careful really means to be wise - to choose to do now what you will be happy with later.

Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

Prudence must not be expected from a man who is never sober.

It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

Live within your means, never be in debt, and by husbanding your money you can always lay it out well.

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

Frugality includes all the other virtues.

Probabilities direct the conduct of the wise man.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.