A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
Jeff Cooper

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
Benjamin Franklin

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Khalil Gibran

An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
Albert Schweitzer

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.
Voltaire

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
Michel de Montaigne

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.
Duke Ellington

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
Clarence Day

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Grantland Rice

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu

A fool is wise in his eyes.
King Solomon