wisdom Quotes

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.

Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.