When I'm at school in the city, I don't feel particularly worldly or wise. It's only when I come back home that I remember exactly why I left..

Among us, I am happy to say, old age is honorable, and regarded as a blessing from the Lord. It is our duty to desire to live long upon the earth, th….

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself..

Look deep into the hearts of men, and see what delights and disgusts the wise..

I've no idea where ideas come from and I hope I never find out; it would spoil the excitement for me if it turned out I just have a funny little wrin….

The man who walks with wise men becomes wise himself..

They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise..

The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn from the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man th….

Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome..

But we are pledged to set the world free. Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret. For in this enlightened age, when men believe n….

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings..

Do you not know...that a child badly taught is farther from being wise than one not taught at all?.

You never stop being a parent, Adam, no matter how old or wise your child becomes you'll see..

...the wise man knows that every experience is to be viewed as a blessing..

Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid….

If you are an ardent reader, seek not brilliant and erudite texts; otherwise the demon of haughtiness will strike your heart. But like a wise bee tha….

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth..

Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The fa….

Since to be loved endures, To love is wise..

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary..

It 's guid to be merry and wise, It 's guid to be honest and true, It 's guid to support Caledonia's cause, And bide by the buff and the blue..