Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
Forgiveness is the best part of valor...Discretion is easy. It's finding the courage to forgive yourself and others that is hard. [Acheron]
Swift calls discretion low prudence; it is high prudence, and one of the most important elements entering into either social or political life.
I've done routes where I've climbed 200 feet off the ground and just been, like, 'What am I doing?' I then just climbed back down and went home. Discretion is the better part of valor. Some days are just not your day. That's the big thing with free soloing: when to call it.
Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
It often happens that less depends upon the valor of an army than the skill of the leader.
True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.
Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.
True valor lies in the middle between cowardice and rashness.
Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.
Discretion is not the better part of biography.
Discretion is the better part of not getting exsanguinated.
Even in a hero's heart
Discretion is the better part.
The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.