Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God.

Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

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.