wisdom Quotes

I have been influenced in my thinking by both west and east.

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.

There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.