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For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of read more
It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.
Look before you ere you leap.
Look before you ere you leap.
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Get Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the
stag, and afterwards, when he read more
And it is a common saying that it is best first to catch the
stag, and afterwards, when he has been caught, to skin him.
[Lat., Et vulgariter dicitur, quod primun oportet cervum capere,
et postea, cum captus fuerit, illum excoriare.]
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right read more
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
