“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.”
“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.”
“The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.”
“Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.”
“Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.”
“One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.”
“True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.”
“Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.”
“Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.”
“The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.”
“He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.”
“A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.”
“Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk.”
“It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.”
“By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well.”
“If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it.”
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.”
“Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.”
“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.”
“A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.”