Unhappy is that Grandeur which makes us too great to be good and that Wit which sets us at a distance from true Wisdom.

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father the Son of His Love gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something something considerable even in God's Eyes.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Economists often like startling theorems results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.

To build a great company which is a CEO's job sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.

Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.