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Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]
I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly.
[Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be
shunned.
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
Yee have many strings to your bowe.
