| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Prudence |
| | | Abandon not your old clothes till you get your new. Gaelic. | 1 |
| A good “take heed” will surely speed. | 2 |
| A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. | 3 |
| A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener. Hungarian. | 4 |
| A prudent man procures in summer the sleigh and in winter the wagon. Romanian. | 5 |
| All things belong to the prudent. | 6 |
| A nail secures the horseshoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land. German. | 7 |
| Be on the safe side. | 8 |
| Attempt not to fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. | 9 |
| Be prudent with valor and brave without ostentation. Agricola. | 10 |
| Colts by falling and lads by losing grow prudent. Spanish. | 11 |
| Destroy the lion while he is but a whelp. | 12 |
| Do not ship all in one bottom. German. | 13 |
| Do not wade where you see no bottom. Danish. | 14 |
| No protecting deity is wanted if there be prudence. Juvenal. | 15 |
| Prudence is the charioteer of all virtue. Latin. | 16 |
| Prudence is the parent of success. | 17 |
| Prudence supplies the want of every good. Juvenal. | 18 |
| The most prudent yields to the strongest. Italian. | 19 |
| The prudent still have fortune on their side. Spectator. | 20 | | |
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