Wise men are not wise at all times.

Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to control them.

Those who are held Wise among men and who search the reasons of things Are those who bring the most sorrow on themselves.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

He is no wise man that cannot play the fool upon occasion.

Wisdom rises upon the ruins of folly.

The sage has one advantage: he is immortal. If this is not his century, many others will be.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong if we do not feel right.

The road to wisdom?-Well, its plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less.

Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.