wisdom Quotes

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

That I be not as those are who spend the day in complaining of headache and the night in drinking the wine which gives the headache!

Mastery passes often for egotism.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.