Aesop Quotes

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.

Look before you leap.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

Fear is not the best advisor.

Good counsel is good for him that will do thereafter.

What is permitted is not always wise.

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.

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

He that hath hornes in his bosom, let him not put them on his head.

Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.

Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.

The eye of prudence may never shut.

The least foolish is wise.

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.