Plautus Quotes

A mouse never entrusts his life to only one hole.

Don’t taunt the alligator until after you have crossed the creek.

I'm like a monkey. You don't let go of one branch until you get a hold of the other.

Wisdom prepares for the worst, but folly leaves the worst for the day when it comes.

Precaution is better than cure.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

My grandmother would hide bread for when maybe another war would come. You had to be ready.

If anybody knows that you need to be prepared regardless of the situation, that's me.

No one blames a pilot who takes refuge in port when the storm begins to blow. It is not cowardice to duck under a bullet; what is wrong is to defy it only to fall and never rise again.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

One of my good friends said, in a reggae riddim, don't jump in the water if you can't swim.

I think being prepared for anything is the way to go.

It pays to be prepared.

He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.

Precaution is better than a cure.

Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions than ruined by too confident a security.

It is better to go into a corner slow and come out fast, than to go in fast and come out dead.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

A mouse relies not solely on one hole.

Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.