Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.

Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid wooed by incapacity.

If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]

If thou art terrible to many, then beware of many.
[Lat., Multis terribilis, caveto multos.]

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

The first years of man must make provision for the last.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath
two strings, a title of present right read more

So that every man lawfully ordained must bring a bow which hath
two strings, a title of present right and another to provide for
future possibility or chance.

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.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

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.