Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and...

Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding. Bible, Proverbs, 4:7

Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled. Count Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna

He alone is wise who can accommodate himself to all contingencies of life; but the fool contends, and struggling, like...

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to...

By words the mind is winged. Aristophanes

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal,...

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. Joseph Heller, “Catch-22”

Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme;...

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he...