Wisdom

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

The wisest have the most authority.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

The best of healers is good cheer.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Learn what you are and be such.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

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.