Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
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.
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
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.