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 2. Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.

 3. Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.

 4. Before you beat the dog Learn his master's name.

 5. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

 6. Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

 7. Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.

 8. Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

 9. Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

10. Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

11. Economy does not consist in saving the coal, but in using the time while it burns.

12. Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

13. Economy is going without something you do want in case you should, some day, want something which you probably won't want.

14. Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.

15. Economy is in itself a source of great revenue.

16. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

17. Every step of life shows much caution is required.

18. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost; being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for want of care about a horse-shoe nail.

19. Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end.

20. Great praise is heaped on prudence; yet there is not the most insignificant event of which it can make us sure.

21. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest...

22. He that is overcautious will accomplish little.

23. 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.

24. here can be no economy where there is no efficiency.

25. I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

26. If a wise man behaves prudently, How can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, Can overcome a host of foes.

27. If one is not extremely careful, Somebody may come up from behind and strike him. Misfortune.

28. In nature all is managed for the best with perfect frugality and just reserve, profuse to none, but bountiful to all; never employing on one thing more than enough, but with exact economy retrenching the superfluous, and adding force to what is principal in everything.

29. It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others.

30. It is a maxim founded on the universal experience of mankind that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest.

31. It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire.

32. Let prudence always attend your pleasures; it is the way to enjoy the sweets of them, and not be afraid of the consequences. Prudence is the necessary ingredient in all virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

33. Let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

34. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

35. Mere parsimony is not economy....Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part of true economy.

36. Neither trust, nor contend, nor lay wagers, nor lend, And you'll have peace to your life's end.

37. No other protection is wanting, providing you are under the guidance of prudence.

38. Not he who can extricate himself from difficulties is the prudent one, but he who cautiously bewares not to intricate himself.

39. Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

40. One should never place trust in one's enemies. The basic truth of all treaties is distrust. Distrust produces highest good.

41. Precaution is better than cure.

42. Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

43. Proceed not to speak or to act before thou hast weighed thy words, and examined the tendency of every step thou shalt take; so shall disgrace fly far from thee, and in thy house shall shame be a stranger; repentance shall not visit thee, nor sorrow dwell upon thy cheek in this or many lives to come.

44. Prudence consists in the power to recognize the nature of disadvantages and to take the less disagreeable as good.

45. Prudence is a quality incompatible with vice, and can never be effectively enlisted in its cause.

46. Prudence is that virtue by which we discern what is proper to be done under the various circumstances of time and place.

47. Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

48. Prudence is the virtue of the sense. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.

49. Put your trust in God, my boys, and keep your powder dry.

50. Take a second look... It costs you nothing.

51. The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

52. The careful foot can walk anywhere.

53. The cautious seldom err.

54. The first years of man make provision for the last.

55. The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.

56. The man does not expose himself needlessly to rebuff by pushing forward when the time is not propitious. He retreats with kindred souls.

57. The one prudence in life is concentration; the one evil is dissipation.

58. The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.

59. The prudent takes no poison even if he possesses the antidote.

60. The richest endowments of the mind are temperance, prudence, and fortitude. Prudence is a universal virtue, which enters into the composition of all the rest; and where she is not, fortitude loses its name and nature.

61. There is no gain so certain as that which arises from sparing what you have.

62. There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

63. Those who speak with discretion Are respected by mankind, As the sun, emerging from the shadows, By its rays creates great warmth.

64. To balance Fortune by a just expense, Join with Economy, Magnificence.

65. To preserve their independence, we must not let our leaders load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.

66. Too much taking heed is loss.

67. Vigilance is not only the price of liberty, but of success of any sort.

68. We accomplish more by prudence than by force.

69. Without economy none can be rich, and with it few can be poor.

70. You must be vigilant and careful. Do not think that you possess all the virtues simply because the opposite of those does not manifest themselves in your daily life. Do not get false satisfaction.

71. You will conquer more surely by prudence than by passion.

72. You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.