wisdom quotes

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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