No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.
A Farewell to ArmsChildren are very wise intuitively; they know who loves them most, and who only pretends.
Flowers in the AtticThe simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
The AlchemistVirtue is what happens when habitual choices have been wise.
After You Believe: Why Christian Character MattersYou are sheep among wolves; be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.
Holy Bible: King James VersionA wise lover values not so much the gift of the lover as the love of the giver.
The Imitation of ChristMany's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...
The Ring of the NibelungWe begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective.
Master of Stupidity