By others faults the wise correct their own.
Fools love not the wise, drunkards love not the sober.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
I understand that it would be smart, career-wise, to line up something, but it wouldn't be smart for my personal life or my sanity. Some people thrive when they're working. I thrive when I'm hanging out with my friends and doing yoga.
I would pull at my beard like a wise man, but I don’t have one—a beard (or a wise man). So instead I pull at my grandpa’s beard, as he purrs like a kitten.
Wise men will apply their remedies to vices, not to names; to the causes of evil which are permanent, not to the occasional organs by which they act, and the transitory modes in which they appear. Otherwise you will be wise historically, a fool in pr...
Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of a narrow mind, of an uncultivated intelligence. Bigotry is always ignorant, and the wise boy, who will become the wise man, t...
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
A wise man travels to discover himself.
Wise men speak only of what they know
Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!
In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Treasure the wisdom of old age. Learn from elder people and be wise.
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.
The wise traveler leaves his heart at home.
A fool by chance may say a wise thing.
