Prudence.—Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.—Colton.
Prudence is that virtue by which we discern what is proper to be done under the various circumstances of time and place.—Milton.
When any great design thou dost intend,
Think on the means, the manner, and the end.
—Sir J. Denham.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.—Fielding.
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.—Jeremy Collier.
No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.—Juvenal.
Prudence is not only the first in rank of the virtues political and moral, but she is the director and regulator, the standard of them all.—Burke.
The rules of prudence, like the laws of the stone tables, are for the most part prohibitive. "Thou shalt not" is their characteristic formula.—Coleridge.
Punctuality.—I give it as my deliberate and solemn conviction that the individual who is habitually tardy in meeting an appointment, will never be respected or successful in life.—Rev. W. Fisk.
I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.—Lord Nelson.