A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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.
The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes.
A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
That was my choice at that time, and I still say Nixon was a great president. A very beautiful and wise man.
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.
So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard.
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
In my wide travels across the world and my meetings with various heads of states, be that Africa or South Asia, Singapore or in high level meetings in the U.S., U.K. or Japan, one common mention is about Dr. Singh's extraordinary reputation as a Wise Man, an outstanding Economist and a fine Gentleman.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.
It is a wise man who said that there is no greater inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.
The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
