Wise Man Quotes
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I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.
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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
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The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken.
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The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
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Wise man was he who counselled that speculation should have free course, and look fearlessly towards all the thirty-two points of the compass, whithersoever and howsoever it listed.
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If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
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But as the wise man said, life’s too short to drink bad wine. Regret is a terrible vintage.
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One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.
