Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Common sense is the genius of humanity.

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.

An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone’s eyes.

Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.

I’d rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance.

Let’s be honest. Canada wasn’t ever cool.

Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

Don’t lie about anything, ever. Lying leads to Hell.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one’s self on lies and fables.

I am who I am and I say what I think. I’m not putting a face on for the record.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

Do not rebuke mockers, or they will hate you; rebuke the wise, and they will love you.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

It is easy to dismiss the world as ‚irrelevant,‘ or consumed by ‚paranoid anti-Americanism,‘ but perhaps not wise.

I’m considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I’ve never been bored in my life.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

It’s very important for Christians to be honest with God, which often, you know, God is much more interested in who you are than who you want to be.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.