penny-wise vs prudent

penny-wise

adj
  • Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money. 

prudent

adj
  • Frugal, economical. 

  • Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct. 

  • Practically wise, judicious, shrewd. 

How often have the words penny-wise and prudent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )