Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep too grave to laugh and too selfish to seek other than itself.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Counsel woven into the fabric of real life is wisdom.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed when that little wisdom is its own.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it.

Wisdom begins at the end.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.