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

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.
Robert Peel

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

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

Genius always gives its best at first; prudence, at last.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life.
Akhenaton

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Molly Ivins

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

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
Robert Hall

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 of them.
Mark Twain

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John Dryden

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

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation.
Knut Hamsun

One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser that a person of prudence and purpose save his strength for battles that can be won.
Bryant H. McGill

One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else.
James Brady

Philanthropic humility is necessary if a giver is to do more good than harm, but it is not sufficient - philanthropic prudence is also needed.
Marvin Olasky

Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Charles Horton Cooley

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

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.
Thomas Hobbes

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.
Marcus Tullius Cicero