People value and spend their money more wisely when they acquire it by their own efforts - also known as work.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.
The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.
It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.
Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.
When there is only a last chance left, think wise and make decisions carefully.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Politics, like theater, is one of those things where you've got to be wise enough to know when to leave.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.
Of all knowledge, the wise and good seek mostly to know themselves.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
Cunning men deal in generalizations.
Men fear, but time fears the pyramids.
Cowardly men, healthy bones.
Men that crawl, never fall.
The maxims of men disclose their hearts.
Stubborn men make lawyers.
