There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.
Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.
It is one of the oldest maxims of moral prudence: Do not, by aspiring to what is impracticable, lose the opportunity of doing the good you can effect!
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.
Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken.
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.