Able Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are…

— Henry Fielding

Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius…

— Samuel Johnson

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed upon us by the law. It is a rule imposed upon us by…

— Oliver Goldsmith

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

— Charles Caleb Colton

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Jeremy Collier

Generosity is a virtue, but unlimited generosity is a fast route to bankruptcy.

— Bret Stephens

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Unworthiness always puts you in debt to anyone and everyone who shows you the slightest degree of attention or love or energy. Eventually, in…

— Iyanla Vanzant

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice…

— Roger L'Estrange

“poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt     or put up security for a friend.+”

— Tyndale

“Rather than leaving generous people on the short end of an unequal bargain, practices of generosity are actually likely instead to provide generous givers…

— Christian Smith