wisdom Quotes

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

If we did not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never harm us.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

The intellect is always fooled by the heart.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources.

The mind cannot long play the heart's role.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.