Provocarem ad Philippum, inquit, sed sobrium—I would appeal to Philip, she said, but to Philip sober. Val. Max.
Proximorum incuriosi, longinqua sectamur—Uninquisitive of things near, we pursue those which are at a distance. Pliny.
Proximus a tectis ignis defenditur ægre—A 15 fire is difficult to ward off when next house is in flames. Ovid.
Proximus ardet Ucalegon—The house of your neighbour Ucalegon is on fire. Virg.
Proximus sum egomet mihi—I am my own nearest of kin. Ter.
Prudence and greatness are ever persuading us to contrary pursuits. The one instructs us to be content with our station, and to find happiness in bounding every wish: the other impels us to superiority, and calls nothing happiness but rapture. Goldsmith.
Prudence and love are not made for each other; as the love increases, prudence diminishes. La Roche.
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the 20 virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess. Jeremy Collier.
Prudence is that virtue by which we discern what is proper to be done under the various circumstances of time and place. Milton.
Prudence is the virtue of the senses, the science of appearances, the outmost action of the inward life, God taking thought for oxen. Emerson.