It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
From the faults of another a wise man will correct his own.
Even for the wise, the desire for glory is the last of all passions to be laid aside.
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
Examine men's ruling principles, even those of the wise, what kind of things they avoid, and what kind they pursue.
Dare to be wise, begin!
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A wise man will be master of his mind. A fool will be its slave.
The wise man is rich
Those who live without madness are not as wise as they think.
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.
May your vision be new at every moment. The wise man is he whom everything astonishes.
How wise must one be to be always kind.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being bored.
A wise and prudent king knows how to make use of even the least of his subjects.
They became wise too late.
Truly there is no wise man. Who does not know the dark.
A wise man never refuses anything to necessity.
A wise man's kingdom is his own breast: or, if he ever looks farther, it will only be to the judgment of a select few, who are free from prejudices, and capable of examining his work.
The wise are sparing both of time and words.
The Sage will bear the name of insane, and the Just the name of unjust, if in their search for Virtue they go beyond what is sufficient.
Of the experience I have of myself, I find enough to make me wise, if I were but a good scholar.
I do not withdraw the wise man from the category of man, nor do I deny to him the sense of pain as though he were a rock that has no feelings at all.
The constancy of the wise is only the talent of concealing the agitation of their hearts.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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