Robin Williams Quotes

It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

Prudence is but experience, which equal time, equally bestows on all men, in those things they equally apply themselves unto.

Force without wisdom fall of its own weight.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Know when to speak - for many times it brings danger, to give the best advice to kings.

It may be taken for granted that, rash as Americans usually are, when they are prudent, there is good reason for it.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.

Valor by itself may be respected but without wisdom and calculation it does not lead anywhere.

Discretion--humble as it seems, it has often brought about successes in which talent failed and genius did not succeed. Discretion in the great affairs of the world does wonders, and safety depends frequently and is chiefly derived from it....

What is permitted is not always wise.

Always be prudent but never hesitant.

Fear looks like wisdom to those without risk.

The wise man is seldom prudent.

Wise man also fears a weak enemy.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

Where was the middle ground between a sense of adventure and just plain sense?

To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom.

The eye of prudence may never shut.

There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.

Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life.

Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Prudence is not the same thing as caution. Caution is a helpful strategy when you're crossing a minefield; it's a disaster when you're in a gold rush.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.