Yee have many strings to your bowe.

Yee have many strings to your bowe.

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.

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

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

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

Let us not throw the rope after the bucket.
[Sp., No arrojemos la soga tras el caldero.]

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.

According to her cloth she cut her coat.

According to her cloth she cut her coat.

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht read more

He who does not stretch himself according to the coverlet finds
his feet uncovered.
[Ger., Wer sich nicht nach der Decke streckt,
Dem bleiben die Fusse unbedeckt.]

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.