Wisdom

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

It is a gratification to me to know that I am ignorant of art... Because people who understand art find nothing in pictures but blemishes.

I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.

Methuselah lived to be 969 years old . You boys and girls will see more in the next fifty years than Methuselah saw in his whole lifetime.

Experience comes from bad judgment.

All men are ignorant, just on different subjects .

I've never let my school interfere with my education.

The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.

Supposing is good, but finding out is better.

Progressive improvement beats delayed perfection.

The trouble with most of us is that we know too much that ain't so.

If you have to swallow a frog, don't stare at it too long.

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

It is wiser to find out than to suppose .

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

Additional problems are the offspring of poor solutions.

Worrying is paying interest on a debt you might not even owe.

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement .

If ignorance is bliss, why isn't the world happier?

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference .

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.