"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."

"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."

"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."

"Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise."

"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."

"Wisdom is better than rubies."

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

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

"Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit."

"Nemo solus satis sapit."

"Feliciter sapit qui alieno periculo sapit."

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

"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?"

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

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

"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."

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

"Wisdom is justified of her children."

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

"Be wise; Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise."

"Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit."

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

"Victrix fortunæ sapientia."

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

"Great men are not always wise."

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

"The price of wisdom is above rubies."

"Wisdom shall die with you."

"He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

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

"Sapere aude."

"Utiliumque sagax rerum et divina futuri."

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

"In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!"

"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."

"The heart is wiser than the intellect."

"Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit."

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

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

"Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret."

"The words of the wise are as goads."

"In much wisdom is much grief."

"Who are a little wise the best fools be."

"But they whom truth and wisdom lead Can gather honey from a weed."

"Some people are more nice than wise."