The praise of a thousand jesters counts for nothing against the reprimand of one wise man.
A fool says what he knows, and a wise man knows what he says.
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
No matter how much the wise man travels, he always lives in the same place.
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge regardless of their background or life experiences.
The wise man who does not put his knowledge into practice is like a bee that gives no honey.
One idiot can ask more questions than ten wise men can answer.
The fool sings a love song to his wife, the wise man will talk about his dog.
The wise man says what he knows; the fool doesn't know what he is saying.
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people.
The fool does what he can't avoid, the wise man avoids what he can't do.
The wise man doesn't say what he does but he never does what can't be said.
The wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool does from his friends.
A fool can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
If the fool has a hunchback no one remarks about it; if a wise man has a boil everybody talks about it.
