Joseph R. Biden Jr. Quotes

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

Good counsel is good for him that will do thereafter.

We have exercised restraint and adopted a wise and sane policy. But this should never be construed as weakness…

There are limits beyond which your folly will not carry you.

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

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

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.

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

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

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

I am really cautious about what I say and do.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit. It is but common prudence to see the way out before we venture in.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

A time of historic change is no time for recklessness.

Force without wisdom fall of its own weight.

The precept... is wise which directs us to try all things and hold fast that which is good

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

Prudence is a presumption of the future, contracted from the experience of time past.

It is prudence that first forsakes the wretched.

Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest thou also be like unto him.

Look before you leap.

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.

Prudent, cautious self-control is wisdom's root.