judicious behavior Quotes

It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.

Imprudence relies on luck, prudence on method. That gives prudence less edge than it expects.

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he

Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

We should do everything both cautiously and confidently at the same time.

There is no talent so useful toward rising in the world, or which puts men more out of the reach of fortune, than that quality generally possessed by the dullest sort of men, and in common speech called discretion; a species of lower prudence, by the assistance of which, people of the meanest intellectuals, without any other qualification, pass through the world in great tranquillity, and with universal good treatment, neither giving nor taking offence.

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.