Wisdom(42)

"To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not."
Akhenaton

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Saint Augustine

"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."
Francis Bacon

"Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe."
Josh Billings

"A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew."
Herb Caen

"In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool."
Lord Chesterfield

"Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom."
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Confucius

"There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart."
Charles Dickens

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations."
Benjamin Disraeli