"Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life—in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color."

"Melius in malis sapimus, secunda rectum auferunt."

"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."

"The power is yours, but not the sight; You see not upon what you tread; You have the ages for your guide, But not the wisdom to be led."

"Ce n'est pas être sage D'être plus sage qu'il ne le faut."

"Wouldst thou wisely, and with pleasure, Pass the days of life's short measure, From the slow one counsel take, But a tool of him ne'er make; Ne'er as friend the swift one know, Nor the constant one as foe."

"Those who seek me diligently find me."

"Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver."

"Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise."

"The Italian seemes wise, and is wise; the Spaniard seemes wise, and is a foole; the French seemes a foole, and is wise; and the English seemes a foole and is a foole."

"By Wisdom wealth is won; But riches purchased wisdom yet for none."

"Standing in this presence, mindful of the solemnity of this occasion, feeling the emotions which no one may know until he senses the great weight of responsibility for himself, I must utter my belief in the divine inspiration of the founding fathers."

"Nemo solus satis sapit."

"Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit."

"Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit."

"Some men never spake a wise word, yet doe wisely; some on the other side doe never a wise deed, and yet speake wisely."

"Seven wise men on an old black settle, Seven wise men of the Mermaid Inn, Ringing blades of the one right metal, What is the best that a blade can win?"

"When swelling buds their od'rous foliage shed, And gently harden into fruit, the wise Spare not the little offsprings, if they grow Redundant."

"Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the street."

"The most manifest sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness: her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene."

"Il est bon de frotter et limer notre cervelle centre celle d'autrui."

"Le sage vit tant qu'il doibt, non pas tent qu'il peut."

"Wisdom is justified of her children."

"Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."

"A little too wise they say do ne'er live long."

"Qui aura esté une fois bien fol ne sera nulle aultre fois bien sage."

"Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding."

"Victrix fortunæ sapientia."

"Away, thou strange justifier of thyself, to be wiser than thou wert, by the event."

"Il est plus aisé d'être sage pour les autres, que pour soi-même."

"Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom."

"The price of wisdom is above rubies."

"Great men are not always wise."

"Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit."

"Sapere aude."

"For never, never, wicked man was wise."

"Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice, A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice."

"In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!"

"Quis nam igitur liber? Sapiens qui sibi imperiosus."

"Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise."

"How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!"

"Utiliumque sagax rerum et divina futuri."

"Wisdom shall die with you."

"No one could be so wise as Thurlow looked."