For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
Don’t be smart, be wise. A lot of people can be smart, not many people can be wise.
The wise man does not grow old, but ripes.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Soon ripe, soon rotten; soon wise, soon foolish.
Better wise language than well combed hair.
The fool has to do at last what the wise did at first.
A wise man's day is worth a fool's life.
If you want to marry wisely, marry your equal.
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated. Instead it is for those who recognize that in face of their deepest needs, all their wisdom is quite helpless. It is for those...
When someone studies well, has a successful career, or deals with difficulties well, people think he is a wise man. However, such successes do not mean that one is wise. True wisdom is to know with the consciousness of God.
Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.
COINS are for LAZY PEOPLE to DECIDE and for WISE MEN to INVEST.
Make the wise man within you your living ideal.
Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born.
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.
A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning.
