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"According to her cloth she cut her coat."
"Multis terribilis, caveto multos."

Prudence is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue - in particular, one of the four cardinal virtues of Ancient Greek philosophy and one of the seven heavenly virtues of Christianity. Prudentia is an allegorical female personification of the virtue, whose attributes are a mirror and snake, and who is frequently depicted as a p
"According to her cloth she cut her coat."
"Le trop dexpédients peut gâter une affaire."
"Try therefor before ye trust; look before ye leap."
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."
"Thin-lipped wisdom spoke at her from the worn chair, hinted at prudence, quoted from that book of cowardice whose author apes the name of common sense."
"Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity."