Wisest Quotes

It is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want, and after that to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Time is the wisest counselor of all.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

The wisest have the most authority.

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

My mother is probably the wisest person I've ever known. She's not schooled, she's not well read. But she has a philosophy of life that makes well-read people seem like morons.

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.