wise conduct Quotes

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

Be wise, because the world needs more wisdom. And if you cannot be wise, pretend to be someone who is wise, and then just behave like they would.

That conduct often seems ridiculous the secret reasons of which are wise and solid.

[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions will not be right without Prudence any more than without Moral Virtue, since, while Moral Virtue enables us to achieve the end, Prudence makes us adopt the right means to the end.

We ought always to conform to the manners of the greater number, and so behave as not to draw attention to ourselves. Excess either way shocks, and every man truly wise ought to attend to this in his dress as well as language, never to be affected in anything and follow without being in too great haste the changes of fashion.

Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom.

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

Prudence is the footprint of Wisdom.

To be over much facetious is the accomplishment of courtiers and blemish of the wise.

Wisdom always makes men fortunate: for by wisdom no man could ever err, and therefore he must act rightly and succeed, or his wisdom would be wisdom no longer.

A determination never to do what is wrong, prudence, and good-humor, will go far toward securing to you the estimation of the world.

Prudence is the virtue of the senses. It is the science of appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life.