Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.
They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
The doors of wisdom are never shut.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'
Wisdom is a sacred communion.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
The extreme limit of wisdom — that’s what the public calls madness.
