It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental.
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
The residence of the Plymouth settlers in the Netherlands, and the later conquest of the Dutch colonies, had brought the Americans into contact with the singularly wise and free institutions of the Dutch.
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.
Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.
He knew I enjoyed the relationships of college basketball. All along, he was the wise one.
Wise it is to comprehend the whole.
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
One should proceed with caution. We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.
The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
When I was a sophomore at USC, I was a socialist, pretty much to the left. But not when I left the university. I quickly got wise. I'd read about what had happened to Russia in 1917 when the Communists took over.
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
Wise are those who learn that the bottom line doesn't always have to be their top priority.
There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself.
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.
Putting is not an art, it's a dreaded evil. No wise man ever said that.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
