Edward Coke Quotes

Precaution is better than cure.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.

It's better to have security and not need it than need it and not have it.

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

Before I make a mistake, I don't make that mistake.

He that fears danger in time seldom feels it.

A danger foreseen is half-avoided.

When something bad happens, you're bound to be doubly careful.

Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure understated.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.

The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.

It pays to be prepared.

It's better to be prepared than to get ready.

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

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

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

A hair in the head is worth two in the brush.

I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

In fair weather prepare for foul.

You can't rely on luck. I've had some stages in my career where I've said we're going to wing it, and we've always ended up in trouble.