Wisdom

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to know how to live to purpose.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Ptolemy made a universe, which lasted 1400 years. Newton also made a universe, which

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;

Be wise with speed;

In common things that round us lie

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. Lucky is he who has been able to understand the causes of things.

Experto credite.

It is not worthwhile to go around the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.

Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men’s power to be agreeable.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.

Coffee, (which makes the politician wise,