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[Prudence] is the virtue of that part of the intellect [the calculative] to which it belongs; and . . . our choice of actions…

— Aristotle

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

— Jeremy Collier

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in…

— Aristotle

In ethics, prudence is not an important virtue, but in the world it is almost everything.

— Mason Cooley

If a man of good natural disposition acquires Intelligence [as a whole], then he excels in conduct, and the disposition which previously only resembled…

— Aristotle

Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.

— John Milton

Virtue is nothing but an act of loving that which is to be beloved, and that act is prudence, from whence not to be…

— Francis Quarles

There must be in prudence also some master virtue.

— Aristotle

Prudence as well as Moral Virtue determines the complete performance of a man's proper function: Virtue ensures the rightness of the end we aim…

— Aristotle

So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that…

— Aristotle

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage;…

— Samuel Johnson

. . . in the final analysis, virtue is not found in extremes, but in prudence . . .

— Vincent de Paul