“It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.”
“Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.”
“Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled.”
“Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.”
“They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.”
“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
“The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.”
“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
“Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.”
“He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.”
“Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.”
“There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.”
“Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.”
“A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make any sense.”
“He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.”
“He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.”
“The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.”
“The extreme limit of wisdom --that's what the public calls madness.”
“Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.”
“Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.”
“Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.”
“Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.”
“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.”
“The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.”
“Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.”
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.”
“Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.”
“Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.”
“More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.”
“It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.”