Wisest Quotes

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.'

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Whatever dramas are going on in my life, I always find that place inside my head where I see myself as the cleanest, tallest, strongest, wisest person that I can be.

The wisest man I ever knew in my whole life could not read or write.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.