Riches serve a wise man but command a fool.
When three wise men say you are an ass, bray.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
No wise man takes responsibility for an eighteen-year-old daughter.
Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.
The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.
It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools.
The wise man forgets insults as the ungrateful forget benefits.
He that's a wise man by day is no fool by night.
As the wise man looks for a bridge the fool crosses the river.
A wise man without a book is like a workman with no tools.
A wise man sees only water in the tears of a woman.
A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
It is better to be in hell with a wise man than in heaven with an idiot.
People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly in fools.
He who travels a lot becomes wise; he who is wise stays home.
The wise man asks questions of himself; the fool questions others.
The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth and the mouth of the wise man is in his heart.
