Foolish boys, wise men.
Wise men are never in a hurry.
Wise men philosophize as the fools live on.
Wise men learn at another's expense.
Wise men do not quarrel with each other.
He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs 13:20
When three wise men say you are an ass, bray.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly in fools.
What a fool can spoil, ten wise men cannot repair.
What wise men suppose is worth more than the certainties of fools.
One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.
Wise men profit more by fools than fools by wise men.
I grew up among wise men and found that there is nothing better for man than silence.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.
A wise quote can only change a wise man! Therefore, wise sayings are for the wise men, not for the fools! The sunflowers turn their face toward the Sun, the fools, toward the darkness!
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder - whether we really are wise men.
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.