Prudent people are very happy; tis an exceeding fine thing, thats certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think. – Mary Wortley Montagu

All enterprises that are entered into with indiscreet zeal may be pursued with great vigor at first, but are sure to collapse in the end. – Tacitus

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. – Charles Caleb Colton

Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged. – Proverb