He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn’t have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.
Plodding wins the race.
He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
You can’t sweep other people off their feet, if you can’t be swept off your own.
Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
Please all, and you will please none.
Wisdom sails with wind and time.
Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
Trouble shared is trouble halved.
It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
