wisdom Quotes

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

Only the contemptible fear contempt.

Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them.