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The best of seers is he who guesses well.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

The good and the wise lead quiet lives.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.

Cleverness is not wisdom.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

Silence is safer than speech.

Silence is safer than speech.

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.