re thoughtlessness is not a special sin contained under imprudence. On the contrary, It is written ( Prov. 4:25 ): "Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thine eye-lids go before thy steps." Now this pertains to prudence, while the contrary pertains to thoughtlessness. Therefore…

precepts of prudence; for instance ( Prov. 3:5 ): "Lean not upon thy own prudence"; and further on ( Prov. 4:25 ): "Let thine eyelids go before thy steps." Therefore the Law also should have contained a precept of prudence, especially among the precepts of the decalogue. The cont…

r monachos mater virtutum esse dicitur, Salomone attestante: Palpebrae tuae praecedant gressus tuos (Prov. IV, 25) , id est, discretio actus tuos. Cui sententiae et Apostolus consonat, ubi ait: Omnia vestra honeste cum ordine fiant (I Cor. XIV, 40) . Et comicus quidam ait: Ne q…